U.S. Rebukes Israel and Allows U.N. Condemnation of Settlements
The United States has given its biggest rebuke in recent history to longstanding ally Israel, allowing the U.N. Security Council to condemn its settlements and continuing construction in territories of Yehudah and Shomron as a ‘flagrant violation’ of international law.
Instead of casting a veto to support Israel, as it almost always does on council resolutions on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the U.S. abstained.
That gave a green light for the council to approve the resolution by a 14-0 vote with U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power abstaining, a move greeted with loud applause in the packed Security Council chamber.
The resolution says Israel’s settlements on Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including East Yerushalayim, have “no legal validity.” It demands a halt to “all Israeli settlement activities,” saying this “is essential for salvaging the two-state solution.”
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