Israel is reducing diplomatic working relationships with 12 countries on the United Nations Security Council, after the body voted to condemn Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory last week, THE HILL reports.
CNN reports that Israel suspended working ties with Britain, France, Russia, China, Japan, Ukraine, Angola, Egypt, Uruguay, Spain, Senegal and New Zealand. The United States, which has veto power in the Security Council, abstained from the vote, breaking with longstanding U.S. policy to shield Israel from U.N. condemnation and allowing the resolution to pass. The two other countries that make up the council, Venezuela and Malaysia, previously had no diplomatic relations with Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was infuriated by the vote, handed down the order. The curtailing of working relations means Israeli ministers are to keep travel to those 12 countries to a minimum, while foreign ministers from those countries won’t be received by Israel, according to the reports. Business between Israel and those countries’ embassies will also be suspended, reports say. Read more at THE HILL.
I am sure all of those countries are quaking in their boots
They should be quaking in their boots. Israel often shares with them intelligence information about pending terrorist activity in *their* countries. After this fiasco, I’m not so sure that Israel will be inclined to share this type of information. Why help protect those countries that stab you in the back?
Why do you leave the reference to “Palestinian” territory untouched? Do you believe the UN is right?