Hamas reacts after US fails to win UN condemnation
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(7 Dec 2018) A Hamas official said the group considered the rejection by the UN of a US-drafted resolution condemning their activities in Gaza "a new victory to the legality of resistance." The draft resolution that for the first time would have condemned the militant Islamic group Hamas, which controls Gaza, failed to win the required two-thirds majority in the UN General Assembly on Thursday. Before the vote on the resolution, the 193-member world body had narrowly voted to require a two-thirds majority for approval as sought by Arab nations for rather than the simple majority urged by the United States. The vote on the resolution to condemn Hamas was 87 in favour against 57 opposed, with 33 abstentions - a plurality but below the two-thirds requirement to adopt it. Meanwhile queues were forming outside post offices in Gaza City on Friday as Palestinians were collecting their salaries paid by Qatar as part of the country's aid to Gaza. Qatar pledged a total of 90 million US dollars in aid to the Gaza Strip paid over six months. Friday's payments were part of the second instalment of the aid. Qatari envoy to Gaza Khaled al- Hardan was supervising the payout process himself, saying it was going "excellent". Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/405369ce663c42168f7f407ac6557d40
