US thanks states backing Jerusalem push ~ Sportty

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The US ambassador to the UN has thanked countries that either abstained or voted against a UN General Assembly resolution calling on the President Donald Trump's administration to withdraw its recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Nikki Hailey tweeted a list of 66 countries, saying the US apperecaited the fact that they were "not falling to the irresponsible ways" of the global body.

Togo is the only African country that voted against the resolution, while nearly 40 voted for it and eight abstained, according to a list published by Quartz magazine..
Botswana, which backed the resolution, put out a strongly worded statement ahead of the vote saying it would not be "intimidated" by the US.