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If they could be forced, they are not sovereign.

This is a petty excuse. We just witnessed how USA tried to force Zelensky (who is in a much worse position than Israel) to sign a deal, and he refused. Israel voting this way falls in line with who they are.

Israel has voted the other way previously. For example:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembl...

So did the US then huh?

Who said this is smart?

The article is describing just lobbying.