BETRAYAL OF ISRAEL: INSTEAD OFAPPLYING THE VETO, OBAMA ABSTAINED ON A UN ANTI-ISRAEL VOTE, NOW BIDE HAS DONE THE SAME

US abstains from UN vote on Palestinian 'right of return'

 

i24NEWS

November 10, 2021

 

 

 

President Obama's gift to Israel during the Hanukkah Holiday. Since the birth of Israel in 1948, every US president has vetoed any UN Security Council resolution that was unfavorable to the Jewish state. But just before he left office, Obama failed to veto a resolution against Israeli settlements, abstaining instead. Now Biden has done the same with a resolution calling for a return of Palestinian refuges  

The Biden administration abstained Tuesday during a vote on a United Nations General Assembly Resolution titled "Assistance to Palestine Refugees" which affirms the Palestinian "right of return." 

Doing so broke the voting trend set by former US President Donald Trump, who would vote against such resolutions, The Jerusalem Post reported.

"We were pleased to see language included in several of the resolutions that reflect our priorities in line with strengthening UNRWA [UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees]," Richard Mills, US Deputy Representative to the UN said in a statement.

"Under President Biden, the United States announced it would restore its financial support to UNRWA, which we do believe is a vital lifeline to millions of Palestinians across the region," he said. 

Mills' statement came amid the committee approving packages of resolutions concerning Israel and Palestinians that will later be touched on at the UNGA plenum for a final vote.  

Of those texts, three affirmed the work of UNRWA. The resolutions call for the right of return for Palestinian refugees to Israel as well as for their receipt of compensation for property lost when they fled their homes, according to the Jerusalem Post. 

Considering the package pertaining to Israel, of which the US voted against, Mills pleaded that "Israelis and Palestinians deserve equal measures of freedom, dignity, security, and prosperity."

"The package of resolutions we are voting on today does not serve that goal [of a two-state solution]. We are disappointed that the member states continue to disproportionately single out Israel," he added.