“We look forward to continuing those talks, and we’re confident that we’ll be able to do that.”Ī White House official said Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and adviser on resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - an objective that Trump calls the “deal of the century” - and chief Middle East negotiator Jason D. relations with the Palestinian leadership. Some days are better than others,” State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said when asked about current U.S. “Relationships between the United States and other nations have their peaks and their valleys. The administration vowed that neither the Jerusalem announcement nor the reaction to it would derail plans to seek a Middle East peace accord next year. “It is more important than ever to rally the international community around the agreed parameters of the peace process, and this of course includes the United States, as everyone is aware of its particular role and influence on this issue.” “This vote must not divide or exclude,” said France’s U.N. Still, the vote reflected the long-standing views of allies that Trump needs for international projects such as the pressure campaign against North Korea or to reinforce a future Israeli-Palestinian peace deal. officials said they did not lobby for that but pointed to it as a sign of solidarity with the United States. Language in the resolution was softer and less direct in its criticism of the United States than Palestinians had proposed, after Egypt and some European allies said they would not vote for the original version. The nonbinding resolution declares that “any decisions and actions which purport to have altered the character, status or demographic composition of the Holy City of Jerusalem have no legal effect, are null and void and must be rescinded.” 15, 2017, against President Trump’s announcement on Jerusalem. Watched by Israeli police officers, Palestinians in Jerusalem’s Old City stage a protest Dec. In addition to the United States and Israel, that list included Guatemala, Honduras, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau and Togo. Haley thanked the short list of fellow no voters for what she called their bravery. and on how we look at countries who disrespect us in the U.N.
“No vote in the United Nations will make any difference on that, but this vote will make a difference on how Americans look at the U.N. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said before the vote, which the United States knew it would lose badly. That is what the American people want us to do, and it is the right thing to do,” U.S. “America will put our embassy in Jerusalem. Egypt, the first Arab nation to make peace with Israel and a keystone in any hope on Trump’s part for a Middle East peace accord, sponsored the original resolution. The vote of 128 to 9, with 35 abstentions, illustrated the degree to which the Trump administration is going it alone. aid to the United Nations ahead of a U.N. We don’t care,” Trump said Wednesday, threatening punitive cuts in U.S. He has told aides and members of Congress that the decision merely recognizes what is already true in practice, since the Israeli government is headquartered in Jerusalem, and has complained about what he considers narrow thinking and pearl-clutching diplomatic caution. Trump is more annoyed than surprised, people who have spoken to him said. official, speaking on the condition of anonymity. “Overall, the reaction was more muted than we expected,” said one U.S. embassies were not immediately sacked, nor were American tourists or troops targeted for revenge.
Many have also spoken in new and starkly critical fashion against Trump’s break with 50 years of diplomatic convention that treats Jerusalem - holy to Jews, Muslims and Christians and claimed as a capital by two peoples - as an open question to be resolved only through negotiations.Īt the same time, the worst fears of allies and some U.S. Not one major ally or geopolitical leader has pledged to follow the U.S. Embassy there has caused an extraordinary breach with key allies such as Egypt, Jordan, Britain, France and Japan, many of which have characterized the move as shortsighted at best. Trump’s announcement this month that the United States recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and has initiated the process of relocating the U.S. The Trump administration has scrambled to contain the remarkably broad international rejection of its new policy toward the divided city of Jerusalem, including from important allies - using threats, assurances and a cold shoulder to try to limit the diplomatic damage.