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Israel: UN Palestine Vote Is "Diplomatic Theater"
(New York Times) Isabel Kershner - "The United Nations General Assembly will pass a one-sided anti-Israel resolution that should come as a surprise to nobody, and certainly not to anyone in Israel," said Mark Regev, a spokesman for the Israeli government. "Ultimately, what we will see at the United Nations is diplomatic theater. It will in no way affect the realities on the ground." Israel's response, he said, will be "proportionate" to how the Palestinians act after the vote. Yigal Palmor, the spokesman for the Israeli Foreign Ministry, said that if the Palestinians use the vote "to continue confronting Israel in other UN bodies, there will be a firm response. If not, then there won't."