India voted against Israeli settlements in Palestine in favor of the UN resolution, which was passed with a resounding majority.
The United Nations resolution denouncing settlement operations in "the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan" received support from 145 countries, including India. Thursday, November 9th, saw the approval of the draught resolution.
With a resounding majority, the UN drafted the resolution "Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan" which was approved. Seven countries abstained from voting, while seven—Hungary, Israel, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, and the United States—voted against the resolution.
Saket Gokhale, a member of the Trinamool Congress, shared a picture of the resolution's UN vote and expressed his happiness, saying, "I'm very glad that the Republic of India voted in favor of the res...