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Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62N5GE20100324
UN Rights Council Condemns Israel, U.S. Opposes
(Reuters) The 47-member UN Human Rights Council passed three resolutions on Wednesday condemning Israel, but the U.S. voted against them all. One resolution on "grave human rights violations" by Israeli forces in the Palestinian territories passed by 31 to 9, with 7 abstentions. The U.S. and seven members of the EU opposed the resolution, saying it was unbalanced. Another resolution calling on Israel to stop building in the territories and withdraw those now there was passed by 45 votes, with the EU supporting it and only the U.S. opposing. The third condemned Israel for what it called violation of the rights of the people of the formerly Syrian Golan Heights. The U.S. voted no, while 15 countries, including EU members, abstained.