Un Adopts Jerusalem Resolution Despite US Threats

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NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 21: The United Nations on Thursday overwhelmingly adopted a resolution on Jerusalem, calling on the United States to withdraw its recognition of the city as Israel's capital.


A total of 128 members voted in favor of the Jerusalem resolution, nine countries voted against and 35 others abstained.

The UN's 193-member General Assembly voted on the resolution rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump's Dec. 6 decision to recognize the city as Israel's capital -- a move that has drawn condemnation from across the Arab and Muslim world.

Israel, Honduras, Togo, U.S., Palau, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Guatemala voted against Jerusalem resolution.

Two-thirds of UN member states including Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Spain and Greece voted in favor of the resolution.

Unlike the UN's 15-member Security Council, the U.S. Haber

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