Following France's lead, one EU country after another changed their votes in favor of the Palestinians.
As the hours wore on Thursday, the magnitude of the Israeli defeat in
the United Nations General Assembly became continually clearer. One
after another, the Foreign Ministry and Prime Minister's Office received
reports from Israeli embassies in Europe that countries were changing
their votes at the last minute and leaning toward the Palestinians. A
few hours before the vote, officials in Jerusalem understood that Israel
was left without any Western support except for the United States,
Canada and the Czech Republic.
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"Israel suffered a humiliating political defeat and found itself isolated along with the United States, Canada, Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and, at best, the Czech Republic and Germany. Britain, which only a few days ago led the attempt to pressure Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to withdraw his resolution, also changed its position."
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