[maryz]

Other countries voting against the fence were Micronesia, Australia, Ethiopia, the Pacific islands of Nauru, Marshall Islands and Palau.

That's nice.

I suspect this is wrong: These sound like the countries that have consistently voted with Israel. I'll bet these are the other countries voting against the resolution.

In fact, I looked back to the Jerusalem post story:

Ninety voted for the motion, eight against, including the United States, Israel, Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Uganda and the Pacific islands Naui and Palau. Seventy-four abstained, including the members of the European Union.

[yonif]

I would not put Australia in that same boat or Ethiopia. However, Marshall Islands, Nauru and Palau, as well as Micronesia (I don't know why they didn't vote), usually vote with Israel.

[anotherview]

Australia, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Uganda, and the United States are the eight nations that voted against.

If the E.U. had shown a little backbone the vote would have been much closer. The idea that abstaining doesn't change anything is wrong and sends the message that the resolution isn't objectionable, which it clearly is.

The other nation that often votes with Israel is Fiji. I'm surprised to see they abstained. I would have been shocked if Ethiopia voted with Israel. They didn't.