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Resolution Condemning Hamas For Firing Rockets Into Israel Fails In UN
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[quote:Psychonaut SN7:MV8zOTQxMjg5XzlBRjg0Qzcw] "The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) voted on Thursday not to support a US-led resolution condemning Hamas in what is suspected to be US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley's final major statement in the international body. The resolution required a two-thirds majority in order to pass. Haley sought to have a simple majority suffice, but a resolution was passed by the body that changed the requirement to a majority of two-thirds. In total, 87 nations voted in favor of the resolution while 57 voted against it and 33 abstained. Haley will step down from her position at the end of the year. Since she began representing the United States at the UN, she has pushed back on countries critical of Israel and explicitly cited "anti-Israel bias" as the reason for the US withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council earlier this year. The UNGA, comprising 193 nations, has never condemned Hamas, the ruling party in the Gaza strip since 2007." Read More: https://sputniknews.com/world/201812071070461743-Resolution-Condemning-Hamas-Fails-in-UN/ [/quote]
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"The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) voted on Thursday not to support a US-led resolution condemning Hamas in what is suspected to be US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley's final major statement in the international body.
The resolution required a two-thirds majority in order to pass. Haley sought to have a simple majority suffice, but a resolution was passed by the body that changed the requirement to a majority of two-thirds.
In total, 87 nations voted in favor of the resolution while 57 voted against it and 33 abstained.
Haley will step down from her position at the end of the year. Since she began representing the United States at the UN, she has pushed back on countries critical of Israel and explicitly cited "anti-Israel bias" as the reason for the US withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council earlier this year.
The UNGA, comprising 193 nations, has never condemned Hamas, the ruling party in the Gaza strip since 2007."
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