Benjamin Netanyahu has summoned US Ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro and a group of other foreign envoys over the recent United Nations Security Council vote against illegal Israeli settlements.
According to reports, the meeting took place on Sunday night, two days after Washington’s refusal to veto the resolution by the UN Security Council, a rare departure from America’s long-standing practice of using its veto power to shield Israel from UN condemnation.
“We can confirm Ambassador Shapiro will meet with PM Netanyahu this evening. We will have no other details to offer,” a State Department spokesperson told CNN, using diplomatic parlance to downplay the crisis.
Aside from Shapiro, Netanyahu also summoned representatives of most of the 14 countries backing the resolution, including permanent Security Council members Russia, China, Britain and France.
According to the Israeli regime’s foreign ministry, 10 of the envoys had answered the…