US takes Hamas vote ‘very seriously’

US Ambassador Nikki Haley is urging countries at the United Nations to back a US-drafted resolution condemning the Palestinian Hamas movement, warning in a letter that the United States takes the vote “very seriously.”

The UN General Assembly is scheduled to vote today on the draft resolution that would condemn Hamas for firing rockets into Israel and demand that it ends the violence. If adopted, it would mark the first time that the assembly has taken aim at Hamas, which has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2007.