The U.N. General Assembly Rebukes the Trump Administration
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Almost all of the world’s most powerful states supported the resolution and voted against the U.S.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley. Credit: Flickr/Creative Commons/U.S. Mission Photo/Eric Bridiers
By Daniel Larison
As expected, the U.N. General Assembly delivered a clear rejection of the U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital:
THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THE WORLD’S NATIONS DELIVERED A STINGING REBUKE TO THE UNITED STATES ON THURSDAY, DENOUNCING ITS DECISION TO RECOGNIZE JERUSALEM AS ISRAEL’S CAPITAL AND IGNORING PRESIDENT TRUMP’S BOMBASTIC THREATS OF REVENGE.
IN WHAT AMOUNTED TO A COLLECTIVE ACT OF DEFIANCE TOWARD WASHINGTON, AMBASSADORS OF THE 193-MEMBER GENERAL ASSEMBLY VOTED 128 TO 9, WITH 35 ABSTENTIONS, TO APPROVE A NONBINDING RESOLUTI...