Defying Trump, UNGA condemns US Decree on J'salem

United Nations, Dec 22: In a collective act of defiance toward Washington, the United Nations General Assembly has voted 128 to 9, with 35 abstentions, for a resolution demanding that the United States rescind its December 6 declaration on Jerusalem, the contested holy city, The New York Times reported.

The resolution is nonbinding and therefore largely symbolic, but the vote indicated the extent to which the Trump administration’s departure from a 50-year international consensus on Jerusalem’s status has unsettled world politics and contributed to America’s diplomatic isolation.
Major allies like Britain, France, Germany and Japan voted for the resolution, though some allies, like Australia and Canada, abstained.
Carrying out a promise to his base of supporters, Mr Trump upended decades of American policy with his decision on Jerusalem, aggravating an emotional issue that has festered since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, when the Israelis occupied the entire city. UNI