The Israeli Foreign Ministry on Sunday summoned the ambassadors of UN Security Council member states that voted for a resolution condemning Israeli settlements, a ministry spokesman said.
All the ambassadors, except for the U.S. representative, were summoned to the Foreign Ministry for "personal meetings," said spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon.
The ambassadors were summoned despite the fact that they do not work on Sundays, and it is Christmas, the Ynet news portal reported.
The UN Security Council on Friday adopted a resolution that condemns Israeli settlement building in the Palestinian Territories and called on Israel to halt it, with 14 votes in favor and one abstention.
The United States, which abstained from voting, did not veto the resolution, and that helped to pass it.
Earlier Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had also cancelled a visit by his Ukrainian counterpart over the vote, Israel Radio reported.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman was expected to visit on Wednesday, but Netanyahu ordered the trip cancelled after Ukraine voted in favour of the resolution, Israel Radio said.
At a Hanukkah event on Saturday night, Netanyahu swore that he would rescind the resolution and said he had ordered the Foreign Ministry to reassess its relationships with United Nations institutions.
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