Secretary-General of the League of Arab States Ahmed Abul Gheit said the failure of the the US-sponsored draft resolution seeking to condemn Palestinian resistance group Hamas at the United Nations General Assembly is a goal scored in favor of the Palestinians.
Speaking in a Sunday statement Abul Gheit said the draft resolution is devoid of balance and objectivity adding that it makes part of an attempt to pool the wool over the world’s eye as it avoids dubbing Israel an occupying power.
The 193-member UNGA voted 87-57 in favor of the US resolution Thursday while 33 members chose to abstain leaving Washington with a plurality vote that fell short of the two-thirds requirement to adopt the resolution.
The resolution attempted to condemn Hamas for carrying out rocket attacks against Israel and using “airborne incendiary devices” against Israelis.
