The United Nations General Assembly approved a motion late on Tuesday condemning Israel’s construction of a security buffer.
The international community says the buffer will cut off thousands of Palestinians from vital welfare services.
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Israel maintains the buffer is crucial to its defense.
The mix of fences, walls, troughs, electronic, canine and human surveillance aims to separate Palestinian areas from major Israeli cities.
In the U.N. vote 144 nations backed a European Union call to cease buffer construction and dismantle what has already been erected.
Four states voted against: the United States, Israel, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia.