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Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-726377
Analyzing the UN Vote Against Israel
(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon - 45% of the UN General Assembly's 193 members voted in favor of the Palestinians on Friday. 55% either voted against, voted to abstain, or did not show up to vote. Of the 87 countries that voted for the Palestinians, 43% are classified in the Economist Intelligence Unit's annual democracy index as being authoritarian regimes. Only a quarter of the states that voted for the Palestinians were democracies. By contrast, 62% of the countries who voted for Israel were democracies. Seven EU countries voted against Israel: Poland, Ireland, Belgium, Portugal, Malta, Luxembourg and Slovenia. Cyprus and Greece, which could always be counted on to vote against Israel two decades ago, abstained, as did India and Brazil. In Africa, 10 countries abstained and 14 countries did not vote.