Israel will not support an Irish-sponsored U.N. resolution condemning religious intolerance. In a slap at Ireland for withdrawing a proposed resolution on anti-Semitism because the bill could not win unanimous support at the U.N. General Assembly, Israel announced Tuesday that it would abstain on Ireland’s annual resolution on religious intolerance.
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