{"id":31337,"date":"2016-12-24T02:45:52","date_gmt":"2016-12-24T02:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/trump-vows-changes-at-the-un-after-israel-vote\/"},"modified":"2016-12-24T02:45:41","modified_gmt":"2016-12-24T02:45:41","slug":"trump-vows-changes-at-the-un-after-israel-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/trump-vows-changes-at-the-un-after-israel-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump vows changes at the UN after Israel vote"},"content":{"rendered":"

{US president-elect reacts after UN Security Council voted in favour of calling for an end to Israeli settlements.}<\/p>\n

Donald Trump has vowed to change things at the United Nations when he takes over at the White House next month, after the UN Security Council’s vote in favour of a resolution demanding the halt of settlement activity by Israel in occupied Palestinian territory.<\/p>\n

The resolution was put forward at the 15-member council for a vote on Friday by New Zealand, Malaysia, Venezuela and Senegal a day after Egypt withdrew it under pressure from Israel and US president-elect Trump.<\/p>\n

Israel and Trump had called on the US to veto the measure but it ended up abstaining, resulting in the resolution being adopted with 14 votes in favour to a resounding round of applause.<\/p>\n

It is the first resolution the Security Council has adopted on Israel and the Palestinians in nearly eight years.<\/p>\n

“This is a day of victory for international law, a victory for civilised language and negotiation and a total rejection of extremist forces in Israel,” chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat told Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n

“The international community has told the people of Israel that the way to security and peace is not going to be done through occupation … but rather through peace, ending the occupation and establishing a Palestinian state to live side by side with the state of Israel on the 1967 line,” Erekat said.<\/p>\n

Israel refused to recognise the UN resolution and retaliated by recalling its ambassador to New Zealand and Senegal.<\/p>\n

“Israel rejects this shameful anti-Israel resolution at the UN and will not abide by its terms.” said Netanyahu. <\/p>\n

“At a time when the Security Council does nothing to stop the slaughter of half-a-million people in Syria, it disgracefully gangs up on the one true democracy in the Middle East, Israel, and calls the Western Wall ‘occupied territory’.”<\/p>\n

New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully said the decision should have been no surprise to Israel which knew Wellington’s position long before the UN vote.<\/p>\n

“Israel has informed us of their decision to recall their ambassador to New Zealand for consultations,” McCully told AFP news agency in a statement. <\/p>\n

“We have been very open about our view that the [Security Council] should be doing more to support the Middle East peace process and the position we adopted today is totally in line with our long established policy on the Palestinian question. <\/p>\n

“The vote today should not come as a surprise to anyone and we look forward to continuing to engage constructively with all parties on this issue.” <\/p>\n

The resolution demands that “Israel immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem.”<\/p>\n

Malaysia and Venezuela also sponsored the UN resolution but do not have diplomatic relations with Israel. <\/p>\n

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