Malta one of 128 countries voting to drop recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
More than 200,000 people working
Malta was one of the 128 countries to yesterday vote in favour of a United Nations General Assembly resolution calling for the United States to drop its recent recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital city.
Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel goes against decades of US policy.
Earlier this month, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said that the Maltese government is against the decision by US President Donald Trump to recognise Jerusalem as the capital city of Israel instead of Tel Aviv.
Malta was one of the 128 countries to yesterday vote in favour of a United Nations General Assembly resolution calling for the United States to drop its recent recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital city.
Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel goes against decades of US policy.
Earlier this month, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said that the Maltese government is against the decision by US President Donald Trump to recognise Jerusalem as the capital city of Israel instead of Tel Aviv.
Muscat said that Trump’s decision could risk reigniting the issue between Palestine and Israel. “The discussion on Jerusalem should include all the parties involved in this complex issue. We agree with the two-state solution which is being adopted at the moment. I fear that Trump’s decision will put fuel on the flame and lead to further extremism,” he had told the press.
President Donald Trump had threatened to cut financial aid to the countries which voted favour of the resolution.
Besides the United States, Israel, Honduras, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Togo the Marshall Islands and Guatemala voted against the resolution. in Malta has more than 200,000 employed persons, the Maltese government has aid in a statement yesterday.
“The Labour Force Survey shows that in the third quarter of 2017, employment kept on rising, reaching the record 200,000 mark.” This, government said, is a 16% rise over 2012. This increase, government said, was nearly completely in full-time employment.
“While prior to 2013 only 45% of women had a job, this rose to 56%,” government said.
“Thanks to this increase, the rate of unemployment dropped to 4% in the third quarter of 2017.
“This is the lowest unemployment rate since statistics on this issue began being collected.”
The survey also shows that in the third quarter, when compared to the same period last year, saw wages increase by 3.6%.
The median wage in September 2017 was €17,858, and in March 2013 was €15,923, government said.