Nikki Haley throws a party for nations that didn’t oppose US Jerusalem stance at UN

Jewish Telegraphic Agency ^ | 12/22/2017 | Staff

[simpson96]

Trump announced the move on Dec. 6, ending decades of U.S. ambiguity on the status of the city that both Israel and the Palestinians claim as their capital.

(JTA) — To thank the 65 countries that did not support a resolution condemning President Donald Trump’s position on Jerusalem, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, invited her counterparts from those states to a reception.

Haley extended the invitation Thursday hours after the General Assembly passed a resolution condemning Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the nrg news site reported.

Nine countries voted against the resolution, including Israel, the United States, Guatemala, Honduras and Togo, and 35 abstained, including the six EU member states Poland, Romania, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Croatia and Latvia. The rest of the European Union was among the 128 nations that voted in favor.

The representatives of 21 countries were absent from the vote, which was the 10th time in U.N. history that the General Assembly was convened for an emergency voting. They included Kenya, which was the fifth-largest recipient of U.S. aid last year, Georgia and Ukraine, all of which have close ties with the United States.

Absenteeism is unusual in emergency session votes.

Prior to the vote, Trump wrote on Twitter: “We’re watching those votes. Let them vote against us, we’ll save a lot. We don’t care.” His words were widely interpreted as a threat to cut aid to countries that vote against the United States position on Jerusalem.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Slovenia voted “yes”.

[Louis Foxwell]

GB has become a taqiya nation, cravenly crawling on its belly before marauding Muslims.

[bigbob]

She should have three parties:

Champagne and caviar for our friends

Crap sammiches for our enemies

Crow burgers for those who didn’t think Trump made a wise choice in picking her for this job.

[Steven Tyler]

Reception paid for with money that used to go to Yes voters

[SteveH]

How each country voted at the UN on Jerusalem status resolution
By James Masters, CNN

Updated 6:25 AM ET, Fri December 22, 2017

http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/22/middleeast/jerusalem-vote-united-nations-list-intl/index.html

Voted “No” to the resolution: 9

Guatemala
Honduras
Israel
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Nauru
Palau
Togo
US

Abstained: 35

Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Australia
Bahamas
Benin
Bhutan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Cameroon
Canada
Colombia
Croatia
Czech Republic
Dominican Republic
Equatorial Guinea
Fiji
Haiti
Hungary
Jamaica
Latvia
Lesotho
Kiribati
Malawi
Mexico
Panama
Paraguay
Philippines
Poland
Romania
Rwanda
Solomon Islands
South Sudan
Trinidad and Tobago
Tuvalu
Uganda
Vanuatu

Voted “Yes” to the resolution: 128

Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Bolivia
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cape Verde
Cambodia
Chad
Chile
China
Comoros
Congo
Costa Rica
Cuba
Cyprus
Denmark
Dijbouti
Dominica
Ecuador
Egypt
Eritrea
Estonia
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guinea
Guyana
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Italy
Ivory Coast
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Mauritania
Mauritius
Monaco
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
North Korea
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Peru
Portugal
Qatar
Russia
St Vincent and Grenadines
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Macedonia
Tunisia
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zimbabwe

[TangoLimaSierra]

[Avalon Memories]

Re the UK, France and Germany, I wish we could unwind history and stay out of wars on the European continent. I wish we didn’t rebuild them after WWII and provide for their security. I wish Wilson didn’t sucker us into the League of Nations, which FDR caused to be morphed into the UN. I wish we could pull out of it.

[DiogenesLamp]

Yu. The once heroic people of Britain are cowering in fear.

Not of the Muslims or the faggots. They would wipe them out if the social elite of their society decided that was the right thing to do. No, they are afraid of being an outcast in the esteem of their social elite, and that is the one thing that really terrifies them.

[katana]

Point of order: Post WWI the Republicans actually did keep us out of the League of Nations. The United Nations was originally the anti-Axis alliance which, under the direction of Eleanor Roosevelt and her leftist post-war clique, morphed into the UN.

They've always wanted a world government and thought they might achieve it under the Bush's, Obama, and the presumed Hillary Clinton presidencies. Hence the apoplexy when the third leg of that plan didn't arrive.

[Joe 6-pack]

"I have long advocated that the "UN" Headquarters be relocated to Port Au Prince, Haiti"

Mogadishu gets my vote.

[StolarStorm]

None of these are a big surprise, but I would have liked to have had Poland vote for us and for the UK to at least abstain.

[calenel]

The US never joined the League of Nations, at least not on this timeline.

[Ciexyz]

There’s a lot of names on old community monuments listing their servicemen and women who died during WW II to save Great Britain, France and Europe. That was my Daddy’s war. A number of his classmates from high school never came back. RIP, to those who gave their all.

[Redbob]

Really setting a low bar: “Thanks ever so much for not being against us!”

Screw ‘em all.

[fuzzylogic]

Then Britain has gone over the edge...one too many ‘Asians’ there to be offended, nobody with the political will to change it.

It was my homeland :(

[Nifster]

Excellent

[simpson96]

"Let them vote against us, we’ll save a lot. We don’t care."

So. Much. WINNING!!!

[calenel]

My dad was too young to fight in WWII. His older brother was on a transport headed for Japan when the war ended. My dad served in Korea and Vietnam during those wars, though.

[ro_dreaming]

I will not be surprised when Poland pulls their brand of Polexit, and leaves the EU. They are getting tired of being told what to do.

[roadcat]

Interestingly enough, Argentina abstained in that UN vote. At least it can be said that Argentina did note vote against the United States (as Britain did).

That's part of the hidden message I was conveying. Accusations against Israel for "holding" territory of the Palestinians (for the most part about Jerusalem), when these countries voting against the U.S. regarding our embassy moving to Jersualem, have their own dirty laundry "holding" territory in the Argentinian neighborhood.