Dominica voted for a UN Resolution opposing US decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel

​Dominica voted in favour of a UN Resolution opposing the decision of US President Donald Trump, to recognize Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel.
 
At an emergency session of the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, 128 countries voted in favour of a resolution rejecting US President Donald Trump’s controversial decision on December 6, 2017, to recognize Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel, and his plan to move the American Embassy to Jerusalem.
 
Dominica was among the countries that voted in favour of the resolution.
Nine countries voted against it, and 35 countries abstained. The vote is non-binding, but the New York Times described the vote as “collective act of defiance toward Washington.”
 
Palestinian foreign minister Riad Malki said, “History records names, it remembers names — the names of those who stand by what is right, and the names of those who speak falsehood. Today we are seekers of rights and peace.”
 
Israel has denounced the vote. Israel’s envoy to the United Nations Danny Danon told the United Nations, “It is shameful that this meeting is even taking place”.
 
On Wednesday this week, US President, Donald Trump threatened to cut aid to member states who voted against his decision. The status of Jerusalem has long remained a sensitive topic, and is one of the core issues in the Israeli-Palestine conflict. Israel annexed the eastern part of Jerusalem after the 1967 War, and proclaimed it as its ‘eternal, undivided city.’ On the other hand, the Palestinians see East Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state.