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UNSC Passes Resolution To End Israeli Settlements; US Refuses To Side With The Jewish State This Time
A view of a United Nations Security Council meeting in New York. (BRYAN R SMITH/AFP/Getty Images)
The United Nations Security Council on Friday (23 December) adopted a resolution urging Israel to cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory.
The 15-nation council reaffirmed that Israeli settlement activities have "no legal validity" and constitute a flagrant violation under international law and a major obstacle to the achievement of a two-state solution between Palestine and Israel, Xinhua news agency reported.
Israel slammed the resolution and said it will not obey it. Condemning the "despicable" resolution, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that Israel "will not subordinate itself" to "this absurd" resolution.
As for US President-elect Donald Trump, he tweeted:
Israel captured the West Bank, along with the Gaza Strip, in the 1967 Mideast War. About a decade later, right-wing Israelis started to establish settlements on these lands. The Palestinians have vowed not to return to the negotiating table unless Israel freezes its settlement construction in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
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