The Birmingham News · Birmingham, Alabama · 6 January 1988
CP-1988-004
Israel condemns U.N. vote on deportations
On the same page: “Israeli soldier wounds Palestine attacker in West Bank, army says”
The Associated Press, United Nations
Transcribed from the clipping
"Frankly, we were disappointed with the American vote," Israeli Ambassador Benjamin Netanyahu said after the resolution was adopted. "We think this was a day of hypocrisy in the United Nations." He accused the council of playing a "rigged game," adding: "We're never had a..." Netanyahu said the resolution will encourage "the forces behind the violence" in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Context added by this archive
The Security Council voted to call on Israel to refrain from deporting Palestinians. It was approved by the United States.
Cite this item
"Israel condemns U.N. vote on deportations," The Birmingham News, 6 January 1988. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1988-004. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1988-004
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