The vote also represented a political disappointment for the Trump administration, which had lobbied hard to get many Arab states to break away from their routine support of the Palestinian position and support the anti-Hamas resolution. But all the Arab states voted against it, even those that have signed peace treaties with Israel and are otherwise seeing warming relations with Jerusalem. Support from the Arab states is considered crucial to getting it launched, and the UN vote suggests it might get a standoffish reception. “The United States takes the outcome of this vote very seriously,” wrote Haley, who repeatedly has said the administration will “take names” of any countries voting against U.S. foreign policy. The fact that a majority backed it, though insufficient for the resolution to pass, was a “very important achievement for the United States and Israel,” he wrote.

Source: National Post December 07, 2018 13:51 UTC