The Great Smoky Mountain Journal

Staff, Wire Reports

Posted: Sunday, January 21, 2018 07:29 PM

UN Security Council Condemns U.S. 14-1 For Naming Jerusalem As Israel's Capital

Britain joined 13 other members of the UN Security Council to vote in favour of a resolution calling for Donald Trump to rescind his declaration that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, showing the depth of global opposition to the move.

The United States cast its first veto in more than six years to block the Egypt-drafted resolution, which did not specifically mention the US or Mr Trump bug expressed "deep regret at recent decisions concerning the status of Jerusalem."

Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the UN, denounced the resolution as "an insult" and said it "won't be forogtten."

"The fact that this veto is being done in defence of American sovereignty and in defence of America's role in the Middle East peace process is not a source of embarrassment for us; it should be an embarrassment to the remainder of the Security Council," Ms Haley said.

Theresa May personally restated her disagreement with Mr Trump's decision in a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The Prime Minister restated the UK's position that Jerusalem should ultimately form a shared capital between the Israeli and Palestinian states.

She also stressed the importance of continuing to work with the US to encourage them to bring forward proposals to reenergise the peace process, Downing Street said.

Protests erupt after Trump recognises Jerusalem as Israel's capital