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Related: About this forumUN passes resolution calling for end to Israeli settlements
The U.N. Security Council on Friday passed a resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlement building in occupied territories.
The U.S. had the ability to veto the resolution but abstained from doing so, despite pressure from President-elect Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Obama administration’s decision to let it pass represents a break from the longstanding U.S. policy of shielding Israel from U.N. reproaches.
Israel’s settlements have been seen by critics as human rights violations and some say they are an obstacle to achieving peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
Trump argued that the U.N. resolution would be a bigger impediment to negotiations between the two sides.
"As the United States has long maintained, peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians will only come through direct negotiations between the parties, and not through the imposition of terms by the United Nations,” the president-elect said in a statement Thursday.
"This puts Israel in a very poor negotiating position and is extremely unfair to all Israelis."
http://thehill.com/policy/international/311678-un-passes-resolution-calling-for-end-to-israeli-settlements
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MFM008
(20,000 posts)"things will be different after Jan 20"
Fuck you you orange KGB shill.
Give me what I want for Christmas and drop dead.
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geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)the settlement issue. Trump won't be able to pret me to be anything other than a radical departure from previous US policy.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Maybe someone can propose a UNSC resolution about Crimea.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Here Bibi spent that effort sucking up to Putinwhikd pissing all over Obama, and got nothing for his efforts.
Our friends the Israelis.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)And has been for a long time.
Scary to think of what the friendship will look like with Trump and Netanyahu in charge.
It's a shame that Obama didn't have a Rabin type to work with.
Israeli
(4,300 posts)Yup ....." It's a shame that Obama didn't have a Rabin type to work with. "
.......and who do we have to thank for that ??????
Israeli
(4,300 posts).....good for Obama ....too little too late tho .
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geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)status quo. Makes Trump's position an outlier at odds with international law from day one.
shira
(30,109 posts)http://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-welcomes-un-vote-on-israel-settlements/
Islamic Jihad also celebrates Security Council resolution, saying it will lead to Israel’s ‘isolation’ and ‘boycott’
Everyone cares so much.
Ask yourself why Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Iran, etc... support this resolution.
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shira
(30,109 posts)Your denial of Hamas, Iranian intentions towards Jews (and what they intend against Jews is ugly) is gross. How hard is it to come out against Hamas/Iranian neo-Nazi style incitement & actions towards Jews? I imagine the only reason is to keep the impression going that Jews are always the oppressors. And you wonder why your criticism is questioned?
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shira
(30,109 posts)....of Holocaust deniers.