22.12.2017 - 10:25 [ New York Times ]

Defying Trump, U.N. General Assembly Condemns U.S. Decree on Jerusalem

The resolution is nonbinding and therefore largely symbolic, but the vote indicated the extent to which the Trump administration’s departure from a 50-year international consensus on Jerusalem’s status has unsettled world politics and contributed to America’s diplomatic isolation.

Major allies like Britain, France, Germany and Japan voted for the resolution, though some allies, like Australia and Canada, abstained.