The United Nations General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly in favour of endorsing the Goldstone Report.
In total, 114 states voted to adopt the report and 18 objected. Britain was one of the 44 states which abstained.
The Jewish Leadership Council and the Board of Deputies had previously written to the Foreign Secretary David Miliband, stating that anything less than a “no” vote from Britain would be unacceptable.
Israel and the US voted against the decision, as did Germany, Holland, Canada and Australia. Most of the other EU states, including France, abstained.