UN votes 128-9 to reject US decision on Jerusalem, 35 abstentions

A total of 128 UN member states voted in favor of a draft measure that would make US President Trump's Jerusalem decision "null and void."

UN member states met in the General Assembly on Thursday to debate a draft resolution that rejects the US President Donald Trump's decision to name Jerusalem the capital of Israel.

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al Malki referenced the US threat that it was "taking names" of those who vote in favor of the measure in his remarks to the assembly.

"History records names, it remembers names — the names of those who stand by what is right and the names of those who speak falsehood. Today we are seekers of rights and peace," he said.

The draft resolution before the 193-member UN General Assembly reaffirms that Jerusalem is an issue that must be resolved through peace negotiations with Palestine and Israel. It would also make Trump's recent Jerusalem decision "null and void."

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US ambassador Nikki Haley reiterated Washington's threat to other countries concerning the vote as she spoke in front of the General Assembly.

"The United States will remember this day in which it was singled out for attack in the General Assembly for the very right of exercising our right as a sovereign nation," she said.

"And we will remember when so many countries come calling on us, as they so often do, to pay even more and to use our influence for their benefit," Haley added.

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waduh, tampaknya USA bisa menghemat sektor pengeluarannya tahun depan.

9 negara yang mendukung keputusan Mr. Trump tentang Yerusalem:

Guatemala, Honduras, Marshall islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Togo, Israel dan USA.