Czech FM: We changed our U.N. vote on Jerusalem to say no to antisemitism

"The Czech Republic took a stand against antisemitism when it changed its voting pattern and for the first time rejected the United Nations General Assembly’s Jerusalem resolution, the country’s Foreign Minister Jakub Kulhánek told The Jerusalem Post.

'There is a rising tide of antisemitism around the world,' said Kulhánek, who, during his seven months in office, has been a staunch ally of the Jewish state.

He was one of a small number of European foreign ministers who made a solidarity trip to Israel during the Gaza war in May.

Last week at the UN he took another important step in Israel’s defense when it came to the Jerusalem resolution, which refers to the Temple Mount solely by its Muslim name of al-Haram al-Sharif...

'I saw it [the Jerusalem resolution] as quite biased. So in that sense, I think it was important to say the buck stops here and we should have a more balanced language,' Kulhánek said.

Kulhánek added that he was proud of coming from a county that historically has been a friend of Israel. It’s a feeling, he said, that cuts across all the political parties in the Czech Republic.

'That is something that is unique,' he said. 'While in office I have been very supportive of Israel, and the Czech Republic has been very supportive of Israel.

'At the end of the day, voting against the resolution, was a nice way of taking a stance in support of Israel,' Kulhánek said."