“There must also be consciousness in policy formulation that will take care of these persons.”

The US President-elect Donald Trump has urged Israel to “stay strong” until he assumes office next month. Leadership reports

Trump said this, in a reaction to last week’s UN Security Council vote which criticised Israeli settlement building on occupied land, he complained Israel had been treated with “disdain and disrespect”.

In Trump’s tweets, issued on Wednesday morning New York time, he expressed: “We cannot continue to let Israel be treated with such total disdain and disrespect.

“They used to have a great friend in the US, but… not anymore. The beginning of the end was the horrible Iran deal, and now this (UN)! Stay strong Israel, January 20th is fast approaching!”