After the United States abstained from voting, the UN Security Council has passed a resolution demanding Israel stop building settlements on occupied Palestinian territory, a reversal of US practice to protect Israel from United Nations action.
The resolution was put forward at the 15-member council for a vote by New Zealand, Malaysia, Venezuela and Senegal a day after Egypt withdrew it under pressure from Israel and US President-elect Donald Trump.
Israel and Mr Trump had called on the United States to veto the measure.
The prospect of a vote had left analysts wondering whether US President Barack Obama would decide in his last month in office whether to shield Israel with a veto, or use the resolution to take a parting shot at a policy he has long opposed by abstaining.
It was adopted with 14 votes in favour, to a round of applause. It is the first resolution the Security Council has adopted on Israel and the Palestinians in nearly eight years.
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