The following is via CNN:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered his nation’s foreign ministry to temporarily limit all working ties with the embassies of the 12 UN Security Council members who voted in favor of Friday’s resolution on West Bank settlements and who have diplomatic relations with Israel, two senior Israeli officials tell CNN.
The officials said that business with the embassies of those countries — Britain, France, Russia, China, Japan, Ukraine, Angola, Egypt, Uruguay, Spain, Senegal and New Zealand — will be suspended, the officials said.
Netanyahu will not meet with the foreign ministers of those countries and their ambassadors will not be received at Israel’s foreign ministry, the officials added.
In addition, travel by Israeli ministers to those countries will also be limited, the officials said, noting that Israeli ambassadors in the countries will still be able to continue working with the governments of their host nations.
The move came after ten ambassadors were summoned, under orders by Netanyahu, to the foreign ministry for a personal rebuke over the vote. Israel was furious at the passage of Security Council resolution 2334, which says its settlements in the West Bank “had no legal validity, constituting a flagrant violation under international law and a major obstacle to the vision of two States living side-by-side in peace and security.” The United States, a Security Council member, abstained on the resolution.
More than anything else, the diplomatic move to suspend embassy ties is a statement meant to express Netanyahu’s anger at the countries that voted for the resolution. It is unlikely to have any practical effect on either Israel or the other countries, as it does not affect trade, security coordination, or other aspects of the relations.
But as a statement, it is significant, and it is a continuation of Netanyahu’s diplomatic actions against countries that voted for the resolution.
Notably, it does not affect diplomatic relations with the United States, which has been the focus of much of Netanyahu’s anger. Netanyahu summoned the US ambassador and launched a scathing attack Sunday on the Obama administration.
Late Monday afternoon Israel’s ambassador to the US, Ron Dermer, explained his country’s diplomatic moves to CNN’s Jake Tapper on “The Lead.”
“Israel’s not going to be kicked in the teeth and not just respond to this,” Dermer said. “We can’t just meet with visiting dignitaries as if nothing has happened. This is a serious effort against Israel.”
Dermer said Friday’s UN Security Council vote harmed long-term prospects for a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians.
“The one negotiating chip that we have at the peace table is that territory. If the UN Security Council says that territory actually belongs to the Palestinians — which it does not and which we reject — that’s going to make achieving peace actually much harder.”
(Source: CNN)
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to the PM:
IT IS TIME TO TRY A NEW TRACK: LET THE WORLD KNOW THAT THERE ARE TWO STATES ALREADY: ISRAEL AND PALESTINE[“JORDAN’]
JUST BECAUSE THEY CHANGED THEIR NAME DOES NOT ERASE THE HISTORICAL FACT THAT “JORDAN” IS 75% OF THE ORIGINAL PALESTINE. ISRAEL SHOULD NEVER USE THE TERM JORDAN AGAIN. IT SHOULD CALL THE KING “KING OF PALESTINE” AND TELL ALL THE (SIC)”PALESTINIANS” LIVING IN ISRAEL THAT IF THEY WANT TO LIVE IN PALESTINE, THEY CAN CROSS THE JORDAN RIVER.
3 major terrorist attacks in France within space of 13 months, didn’t suffice to make France veto this motion, nor get the message that they shall never be able to curry favor from the Arabs.
Mr Prime Minister Natanyahu,
So please allow Amona Residents to say, without conditions,
AND
please OUTLAW Women of the Wall OUTRIGHT,
AND
and stop bending the knee to Reform, the so -called Jews
BECAUSE
all our problems are from insulting HASHEM,
AND
all Israel’s problems are our punishment for bowing down to all other than Hashem.
Mr Prime Minister Natanyahu,
So please allow Amona Residents to stay, without conditions,
AND
please OUTLAW Women of the Wall OUTRIGHT,
AND
and stop bending the knee to Reform, the so -called Jews
BECAUSE
all our problems are from insulting HASHEM,
AND
all Israel’s problems are our punishment for bowing down to all other than Hashem(please delete the previous post as there is a spelling mistake there, thank you)
Let’s drink a l’chayyim to the following prayer: may Barak Hussein Obama accomplish ultimately the same thing with the United Nations as he did to the Democrat party: shrinking role, reduced authority, marginalization, loaded with obvious sycophants and nutters, and a trajectory to obsolescence and oblivion.
Kahanah was right, we don’t really have friends. Even those who claim to be our friends will ultimately backstab us.
Kahanah was right. We have no friends and we have to fend for ourselves.
They only have to supend Watsapp and Waze two Israeli owned companies and see what happens.
The Revenge thing that Israel is showing looks actually childishave and will probably accomplish further weakening of ties with the outside world. But there is a silver lining to Obama’s abstention…finally the Democratic party is exposed for all that it stands for and will be pushed back . Jews are stuck in the past with irrational loyalty to the Democratic party. Lose the Jewish vote, lose a lot more..
To Shimdub esav sone es yacov. . The world hate Us. … let’s be clear on that. … We have ONLY Hashem. ..
If PM Netanyahu treats His Own people right ie The Residents of. ..
Etc Maybe things will change …….