Trump's UN Allies Blast Jerusalem Move in Emergency Meeting
- Despite protests, Haley says peace has never been closer
- Ambassadors from U.K., Italy, Germany, France criticize move
Ex-Ambassador on Fallout of Trump's Jerusalem Move
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President Donald Trump’s decision to declare Jerusalem the capital of Israel and begin moving the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv drew withering criticism at an emergency meeting of the 15-member United Nations Security Council in New York.
The U.S. decision “risks prejudging the outcome of negotiations” in the Middle East and “contradicts international law,” Olof Skoog, Sweden’s ambassador to the UN, said on Friday. U.K. Ambassador Matthew Rycroft said the move was unhelpful to peace and that his country considers East Jerusalem to be “part of occupied Palestinian territories.”