Israel fails to sign onto US text condemning Russia at UNSC


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© (photo credit: ANDREW HARNIK/POOL VIA REUTERS) FOREIGN MINISTER Yair Lapid with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a joint news conference at the State Department las week. Israel did not sign onto a United States-backed resolution condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine that failed to gain United Nations Security Council approval on Friday night. Nor has Israel clarified what its stance will be on an upcoming UN General Assembly resolution that is expected to take Russia to task for its military action in Ukraine. Israel is not one of the 15 UNSC members and so could not vote on...