Israel told USA to abstain in UN vote for Gaza war

AFP: Rice shame-faced by Bush over UN Gaza vote: Olmert
Jan 12, 2009 ... JERUSALEM (AFP) — US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was ... to abstain in a key UN vote on the Gaza war, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Monday. ... "I told him the United States could not vote in favour.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM 5gD-QcI_C-CrcqfSZBh6A5_e514Zw

Rice shame-faced by Bush over UN Gaza vote: Olmert - Democratic ...
JERUSALEM (AFP) — US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was ... to abstain in a key UN vote on the Gaza war, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Monday. ..... "I told him the United States could not vote in favour.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboa rd.php?az=view_all&address=102x3687249

United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict ...
On January 3, 2009, in response to the Gaza War, the Organisation of the Islamic ... He later described as "tiresome and inept" allegations forwarded by U.S. ..... the Shin Bet chief told Abbas that if he did not ask for a deferral of the vote, Israel ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Fact_F inding_Mission_on_the_Gaza_Conflict

Australia abandons Israel in UN vote - The Sydney Morning Herald
Mar 1, 2010 ... At a vote in the UN General Assembly - where Australia has been ... possible war crimes during the assault on Gaza that Israel began in ... One Department of Foreign Affairs source told the Herald there was no doubt the decision to abstain ... ''A number of things made it easier for us to switch our vote,'' the ...
http://www.smh.com.au/world/australia-abandons-isr ael-in-un-vote-20100228-pb70.html

Israel: UN 'detached from reality' for adopting Goldstone report ...
The report on the Gaza war was drafted by an expert UN panel chaired by South ... Israel's ambassador to the UN, Gabriela Shalev, told Haaretz before the vote that she did ... U.S. Deputy Ambassador Alejandro Wolff said the resolution was flawed in ..... (those who voted against plus those who abstained) stood with Israel.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-un-detached-fro m-reality-for-adopting-goldstone-report-1.4699

Gaza Holocaust - Metapedia
Jul 18, 2011 ... Palestinian victims of the Gaza Holocaust, some of them very young, with ... states supporting the resolution and one abstaining (the United States). ... Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann also told Al Jazeera he had never believed that the UN ... The Gaza War is winning votes in Israel - Almost three weeks after the ...
http://en.metapedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Holocaust

ааа МЫЬ РШЯ - Foreign Press Center - US Department of State
Gaza. On January 3, 2009, Israel began a ground offensive into Gaza ... unanimously on January 8, with the United States abstaining. ..... 3 Steven Erlanger, “A Gaza War Full of Traps and Trickery,” New York Times, January 10, 2009. ...... 37 “Rice Shame-Faced by Bush Over UN Gaza Vote: Olmert,” Agence France Presse, ...
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/116003 .pdf

BBC NEWS | Middle East | UN backs Gaza 'war crimes' report
Oct 16, 2009 ... The UN Human Rights Council backs a report into Israel's Gaza offensive ... Both Israel and the US opposed official endorsement of the report, saying it ... Before the vote in Geneva - in which 11 countries abstained and five others, ... Asked why it did not vote, UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband told the ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8310754.stm

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