The Latest: Israel calls UN resolution 'preposterous'
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Latest on the U.N. vote on Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital and related developments (all times local):1:15 p.m.
Israel's prime minister says he completely rejects the "preposterous" U.N. resolution declaring the U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital as "null and void."
Benjamin Netanyahu says in a video posted to Facebook that Jerusalem "always was, always will be" Israel's capital. He also says he appreciates that "a growing number of countries refuse to participate in this theater of the absurd."
Netanyahu is thanking President Donald Trump for his "stalwart defense of Israel."
Trump's declaration on Dec. 6 departed from decades of U.S.