Saturday, February 19, 2011

US vetoes UN vote on settlements - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

US vetoes UN vote on settlements - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

The United States vetoed a UN resolution Friday that would have condemned Israeli settlements as "illegal" and called for an immediate halt to all settlement building.

All 14 other Security Council members voted in favour of the resolution.

British Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant, speaking on behalf of his country, France and Germany, condemned Israeli settlements in the West Bank. "They are illegal under international law," he said.

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