- another 54 recipients of US aid that supported a two-thirds majority vote being required on the Hamas resolution over America's claim that a simple majority only was necessary, and
- an additional 36 similarly US-funded countries that voted against condemning Hamas on the actual motion
Jordan and Egypt – in addition to not voting with America – apparently continue to resist Trump's efforts to replace the Palestine Liberation Organisation in negotiations with Israel on Trump's peace proposals. Their aid could be substantially reduced by a clearly-piqued and very angered Trump.
The ball is now well and truly in the Democrats hands.
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David Singer is an Australian Lawyer, a Foundation Member of the International Analyst Network and Convenor of Jordan is Palestine International - an organisation calling for sovereignty of the West Bank and Gaza to be allocated between Israel and Jordan as the two successor States to the Mandate for Palestine. Previous articles written by him can be found at www.jordanispalestine.blogspot.com.