Hamas on Thursday evening lauded the UN General Assembly’s vote in favor of a resolution rejecting the U.S. President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
Hamas called for translating the vote into action and for defending Occupied Jerusalem against Judaization schemes excavations and illegal settlement expansion.
The Movement hailed all those who voted in favor of Palestine and stood up for Palestinians’ right to defend their land and holy sites despite simmering pressure by Washington.
A resounding 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.
The resolution passed despite intimidation by Trump who had threatened on Wednesday to halt 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.
