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UN council members call for vote to end Israeli settlements
UN council call for vote to end Israeli settlements
Western officials said the United States had intended to allow the draft resolution to be adopted, a major reversal of US practice of protecting Israel.The 15-member council had been due to vote on Thursday afternoon, but Egypt withdrew the measure under pressure from Israel and US President-elect Donald Trump.
Obama, Kerry behind "shameful" settlement vote –Israel
US President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry pushed a "shameful" draft anti-settlement resolution at the UN Security Council, a senior Israeli official said on Friday."The US administration secretly cooked up with the Palestinians an extreme anti-Israeli resolution behind Israel's back which would be a tailwind for terror and boycotts," the official said.The vote on the resolution was scheduled for Thursday but then postponed.