The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has summoned the US ambassador over UNSC’s rebuke of Israel. The US Ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro met with Netanyahu late on Sunday after the envoy was summoned in a sign of Tel Aviv’s fury over the US abstention from a vote at the United Nations Security Council against illegal Israeli settlements. Press TV reports: According to reports, the meeting took place two days after Washington’s refusal to veto the UN Security Council resolution, a rare departure from America’s long-standing practice of using its veto power to shield Israel from UN condemnation. “We can confirm Ambassador Shapiro will meet with PM Netanyahu this evening. We will have no other details to offer,” a State Department spokesperson told CNN, using diplomatic parlance to downplay the crisis. Aside from Shapiro, Netanyahu also summoned representatives of 10 of the 14 UNSC states that backed the resolution, including permanent members Russia, China, Britain and France. According to the Israeli foreign ministry, Netanyahu was yet to meet with the 10 envoys. The Israeli PM told his cabinet earlier in the day that US President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry were responsible for the “shameful” vote. “From the [...]
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