The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday adopted a majority in favor of a resolution reaffirming the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination.
176 member states voted in favor of the resolution. Only seven countries voted against it including the United States Israel and Canada while seven countries abstained.
The sweeping vote comes one day after the United States vetoed a Security Council draft resolution on Jerusalem.
According to observers Tuesday’s vote shows that the world rejects the U.S. unilateral position on Jerusalem which increases its isolation.
On Monday the United States blocked an Egyptian-drafted Security Council resolution at the United Nations that would have rejected President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
The Egyptian proposal calls on the international community to refrain from the establishment of diplomatic missions in Jerusalem in accordance with Security Council Resolution 478 of 1980.
Trump’s Dec. 6 decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and start lengthy preparations to move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to the holy city has been criticized by all the Arab countries and many U.S. allies including fellow Security Council members France and Britain.
