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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/26/international/middleeast/26NATI.html
U.S. Vetoes UN Resolution Condemning Israel for Hamas Killing
(New York Times) - The U.S. vetoed a Security Council resolution Thursday condemning Israel for killing Hamas leader Sheik Yassin because it did not denounce killings of Israelis by Hamas. Britain, Germany, and Romania abstained, while 11 countries were in favor of the resolution - China, France, Russia, Angola, Chile, Pakistan, Spain, Algeria, Benin, Brazil, and the Philippines. Dan Gillerman, the Israeli ambassador, asked the ambassador from Spain, where 200 people were killed in a terror attack two weeks ago: "If you knew before the bloody massacre of your citizens who was going to carry out this horrendous act, would you have stood still and let this happen?"