Israel vowed Wednesday to press ahead with construction of its West Bank barrier despite a U.N. resolution demanding it be torn down, but Palestinians called for international sanctions to force compliance Israel summoned key European Union ambassadors -- including Britain and the Netherlands, holder of the rotating EU presidency -- to protest against their governments' support for the Palestinian-sponsored resolution. Israeli officials says the array of razor-tipped fences and concrete walls seals out Palestinian suicide bombers. Palestinians condemn it as an "apartheid wall" that takes away land they want for a future independent state. The General Assembly voted 150-6, with 10 abstentions, on Tuesday to demand Israel obey a World Court ruling that declared the barrier illegal. The United States, Israel's main ally, stood with the Jewish state against the measure. All 25 members of the EU, which is part of a "Quartet" of peace mediators, backed the resolution after its diplomats convinced the Palestinians and their supporters to dilute the wording and include a condemnation of terrorism. Diplomatic fallout was swift. Israel's Foreign Ministry told top diplomats from the EU, Britain and the Netherlands the European bloc's support of resolution "raises doubts as to the ability of the European Union to constructively contribute toward advancing the peace process." "Building of the fence will go on," Raanan Gissin, a senior adviser to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, told Reuters. He said Israel was not surprised by the nonbinding U.N. decision, calling it a "tyranny of the majority" in the General Assembly, where sentiment often runs against the Jewish state. **PHOTO CAPTION*** Two Palestinian women walk in front of a concrete wall, part of Israel's controversial security barrier, which separates the eastern neighborhoods of Jerusalem and the West Bank town of Abu Dis, July 21, 2004. (REUTERS)