Israel to Stop Funding UN Institutions

"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made his first comments since Friday's UN Security Council vote, Saturday night at a ceremony celebrating the first night of Hanukkah.

Netanyahu told the crowd that he was there to comfort everyone following the UN's decision.

The decision was 'shameful,' the Prime Minister repeated multiple times.

'The Security Council decision calls Israeli land occupied and that is just shameful, the decision calls the Western Wall occupied land, it is shameful,' Netanyahu said.

Speaking of US President Barak Obama's choice to abstain from voting, Netanyahu said that Obama went against Israel, backing out of the commitment it had made to stand for Israel.

'The decision not only does not help us make peace, it stands in the way of peace,' stated Netanyahu...

Israel will not accept the decision and it will be cancelled, he stated, though it may take time. He also stated that Israel would stop funding UN institutions.

Netanyahu has instructed Israel's ambassadors in New Zealand and Senegal to return to Israel for consultations, his spokesman said on Friday, in response to a UN resolution on settlements..."