UNITED NATIONS VOTES DOWN U.S. AUTHORED RESOLUTION CONDEMNING HAMAS
BY ROBERT SPENCER
SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/12/united-nations-votes-down-us-authored-resolution-condemning-hamas;
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
Imagine the moral corruption that would be required for someone to refuse to condemn Hamas, an organization that makes no secret of its genocidal intentions, and passes out candies
when Israeli civilians are slaughtered. The UN is as evil as Hamas, and
should not be receiving any American money or occupying any American
soil.
“US-Authored Anti-Hamas Resolution Thwarted at UN, but Israel Hails Growing Support as ‘Historic Achievement,’” by Barney Breen-Portnoy, Algemeiner, December 6, 2018 (thanks to Phil):
A US-authored resolution condemning the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas won a plurality of votes in the UN General Assembly on Thursday, but a procedural move initiated by its opponents thwarted its passage.
While 87 countries backed the motion, compared to 57 that rejected it (with 33 abstentions), it did not meet a 2/3 majority requirement that was put in place — with the support of a group of Arab nations — just before the vote.
Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon nevertheless hailed the vote as a “historic achievement” — in that a “record number” of countries got behind an anti-Hamas resolution.
The last time the US put forth a motion denouncing Hamas, in June, the vote was 62-58 in favor, with 42 abstentions — a smaller plurality that also failed to reach a 2/3 threshold.
“The broad support from the world demonstrates the changes we have made in the UN,” Danon said on Thursday. “With the support of these countries, we will continue our work in the UN against Hamas terrorism.”…