Hamas Movement on Wednesday said that the US threats sent to the UN member states that will vote in favor of a draft resolution against the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital are political terrorism and aggression on international institutions.
Hamas’s spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri called on Twitter on all states to challenge the decision of the US president Donald Trump.
US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has sent a letter to the ambassadors of a number of UN member states saying that president Trump will be watching the vote carefully and that he asked her to report back on the countries that will vote against the US.
Haley followed that letter by tweeting that the US will be taking the names of the states that will vote against the US decision.
The UN General Assembly has called for a vote on Thursday on a draft resolution rejecting the US recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
The 193-member UN General Assembly will hold an emergency session on Thursday at the request of Yemen and Turkey on behalf of the bloc of Arab countries at the UN and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to vote on a draft resolution similar to the Security Council resolution vetoed by the US.
