By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
The same question has been asked of me over and over and over again since the UN vote of Thursday. It is a question worth raising and answering.
The question is: Which are the eight countries who voted together with Israel against the Palestinian state?
The vote was 138 - 9 with 41 exemptions. Given that 132 nations already had diplomatic ties with the PA the vote was a slam dunk from the outset.
The answer as to which countries supported Israel will blow your mind.
The United States and Canada were the only countries in North America to support Israel. That's two.
The only European country to support Israel was the Czech Republic and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is visiting there today to thank them personally. That's three.
Then there was Panama. That's four.
The other four countries were Pacific Island nations that most people have never even heard and would never find on a map.
Nauru has 9,378 residents. Palau has about 20,000. The Marshall Islands has 68,000 residents. Micronesia, which has supported Israel in the past, is a huge metropolis by comparison with 111,000 residents.
Four of the countries eight countries that threw their support behind Israel in the United Nations vote have a combined population of about 200,000 people. You can fit them all in a few blocks in New York City.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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