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Source: http://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/un-settlements-uk-reaction/
Britain's Jewish Community Leaders Say Government Should Have Vetoed UN Resolution
(Jewish News-UK) Justin Cohen - Jonathan Arkush, President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, responding to the UN Security Council motion to condemn Israel, said: "I am deeply disappointed that the UK Government failed to take the honorable course of exercising its power to veto a biased and unbalanced resolution." "The UN has once again chosen to demonstrate its hostility to Israel. The Security Council resolution passed on Friday is destructive to peace because it encourages Palestinians to believe that they can maintain their refusal to come to the negotiating table. I note that the Security Council has been an utter failure in saving hundreds of thousands of lives in Syria. It clearly thinks of Israel as an easier target." Paul Charney, chairman of the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland, said, "Yet again the United Nations has proven to the international community that it is a biased, one-sided body, hell bent on criticizing Israel above all other nations of the world in every one of its fora....For the UK government to firstly not have used its veto to quash this resolution but even more so voting for it shows a lack of understanding and support for the Jewish nation."