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Thursday, December 22, 2016
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, December 22, 2016
Sources: US intended to abstain in UN vote on settlements
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe United States was planning to abstain from today’s UN Security Council vote on a resolution condemning the settlements, diplomatic sources tell NBC.
And according to CNN, Kerry was planning a major address for today in which he was to lay out the reasoning and vision for such a stance, which would have marked a departure from longstanding US policy.
Several sources to @NBCNews @mitchellreports: Obama Admin was going to ABSTAIN from UN vote condemning Israel before Egypt delayed the vote pic.twitter.com/ebKlNqODOd
— Ayman (@AymanM) December 22, 2016
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