The United Nations General Assembly rejected on Thursday 6 December a United States-sponsored resolution seeking to condemn Palestinian group Hamas. Some critics to the resolution justified their stand on the ground that the resolution did not mentioned the military occupation, the siege of Gaza, nor Israel’s attacks against Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. 87 countries voted in favour, 57 against, and 33 countries abstained, and thus, failed to pass as it needed a two-thirds majority. Before the vote, US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, stated: “Before the General Assembly can credibly advocate compromise and reconciliation between the Palestinians and Israel, it must on record, unambiguously and unconditionally, condemn Hamas terrorism”. She added: “What the UN chooses to do today will speak volumes about each country’s seriousness when it comes to condemning anti-Semitism”. On their side, in an official statement, Hamas thanked UN member states: “that stood by our people’s resistance and the justice of their cause”.