Political Bureau Chairman of Hamas Ismail Haneyya hailed Thursday’s vote at the UN General Assembly in favor of a resolution rejecting a recent recognition by the U.S. President Donald Trump to alter the status quo in Occupied Jerusalem.
Speaking in a Thursday statement Haneyya acclaimed the UN member-states who supported the resolution saying: “The move signals the victory of history’s voice of truth and justice. These states have reflected the will of their own peoples and stood firm to the U.S. hegemony and political hounding.”
“Principles are far stronger than interests” added Haneyya urging the U.S. administration to abide by international will and backtrack on its unilateral move.
A booming majority of United Nations member states has defied unprecedented threats by the U.S. declaring Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital “null and void”.
The non-binding resolution was approved at a UN General Assembly emergency meeting on Thursday with 128 votes in favor and nine against while 35 countries abstained.
It passed despite intimidation by Trump who had threatened on Wednesday to eliminate financial aid to member states who would vote against his decision while Nikki Haley the U.S. ambassador to the UN had warned that she would be “taking names” of those countries.
