On December 10, 2020, the U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution that attempts to erase the Jewish connection to Jerusalem by referring to Judaism's holiest site, the Temple Mount, by its Muslim name only (Haram al-Sharif). The resolution was one of seven anti-Israel resolutions adopted by the General Assembly on that day. In the words of the resolution:
"Gravely concerned by the tensions and violence in the recent period throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and including with regard to the holy places of Jerusalem, including the Haram al-Sharif, and deploring the loss of innocent civilian life,"
December 10, 2020
U.N. General Assembly adopts resolution erasing Jewish connection to Temple Mount in Jerusalem (147 in favor, 10 against, 16 abstentions)
The vote results
Date
December 10, 2020
Title
U.N. General Assembly Resolution, “Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,” A/RES/75/98
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The resolution was adopted by the U.N. General Assembly on December 10, 2020, by a vote of 147 in favor, 10 against (Australia, Canada, Guatemala, Hungary, Israel, Liberia, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, United States), and 16 abstentions (Austria, Belarus, Cameron, Columbia, Czech Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malawi, Rwanda, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Togo, Uruguay, Vanuatu)
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