Israel’s envoy to the United Nations vowed Thursday that his country would never be “driven” from Jerusalem as UN member states prepared to vote on rejecting Washington’s recognition of the Holy City as its capital. “No General Assembly resolution will ever drive us from Jerusalem,” Ambassador Danny Danon told an emergency session of the 193-nation assembly. The vote on a motion rejecting US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital is taking place after President Donald Trump threatened to cut funding to countries that back the measure. “History records names, it remembers names — the names of those who stand by what is right and the names of those who speak falsehood. Diplomats expect strong support for the resolution, which is non-binding, despite the US pressure to either abstain, vote against it or simply not turn up for the vote.

Source: Pakistan Today December 21, 2017 16:30 UTC