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Bolton: Obama Rejected Israel Resolution to 'Box Trump In'
NewsMax ^ | December 24, 2016 | By Sandy Fitzgerald

Posted on 12/24/2016 12:55:54 PM PST by Jim Robinson

The United States could have killed a key United Nations resolution that condemned Israel for its West Bank settlements by voting against it rather than abstaining, former U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said Friday night, but he thinks President Barack Obama took the action to "box the incoming Trump administration in."

"This was a stab in the back against the Israelis," Bolton told Fox News' "Hannity" show Friday night. "It was entirely predictable. I would say this for people in the pro-Israel community in the United States who defended Obama's Middle East policy over these last eight years: You should have seen this coming and this is what you get for supporting Barack Obama."

Obama has had a contentious relationship with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the years, Bolton conceded, but he thinks the administration's decision to abstain from the UN vote on Friday goes deeper than that.

"I think this was an effort to box the in-coming Trump administration in, and it violates nearly 50 years of American bipartisan policy on the Middle East, going back to the iconic resolution 242 after the 1967 war."

The proposed resolution says Israel's occupation is "illegitimate," said Bolton, and "therefore it has no land to give back in exchange for peace. Contrary to what the Obama administration has said, this puts a huge thumb on the scale against Israel."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 201612; abstain; abstaining; bolton; flynn; israel; israelresolution; netanyahu; obama; obamaabstains; obamaisrael; settlements; trump; un; unresolution
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1 posted on 12/24/2016 12:55:54 PM PST by Jim Robinson
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To: Jim Robinson

Corksucker, he is.....


2 posted on 12/24/2016 12:58:27 PM PST by halfright (Deplorable in Florida)
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Think Clinton Foundation scenario.

Obama needs money to fund his leftist anti-American agenda. He is a lame duck. He still has presidential protections. Wonder what his bank accounts will show.


3 posted on 12/24/2016 12:58:48 PM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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Obama took the action to "box the incoming Trump administration in.

I agree. What a snake.

4 posted on 12/24/2016 1:00:23 PM PST by Inyo-Mono
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To: Jim Robinson

Actually it kills the Democrats. Trump will change things and recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital effectively killing a two state solution.


5 posted on 12/24/2016 1:00:45 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Too. Much. Winning.)
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To: Inyo-Mono

a well paid snake.


6 posted on 12/24/2016 1:01:01 PM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: Jim Robinson

However, if the box is defunded, the problem disappears


7 posted on 12/24/2016 1:01:30 PM PST by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... Macroagression melts snowflakes)
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To: Jim Robinson

He’s your typical Jew-hating Muslim head chopper. I knew it from day 1. Liberals are just too stupid to spot it.


8 posted on 12/24/2016 1:01:47 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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To: longtermmemmory

good point, Obozo’s funds will swell with Gulf State payments now.... the scumbag knows what he is doing (from his sicko perspective)


9 posted on 12/24/2016 1:01:48 PM PST by Enchante (Hoping the Clintonistas are gone from our public life forever!!)
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To: Jim Robinson

When it comes to strategy, Obama is a rank amateur next to Trump.

Trump has humiliated Obama ta every turn! Why do these Marxists never learn a lesson ?


10 posted on 12/24/2016 1:01:59 PM PST by WashingtonFire
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To: Jim Robinson

Bwahahahahahahahaha!


11 posted on 12/24/2016 1:02:06 PM PST by Lopeover (The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
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Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump · 1 day ago

As to the U.N., things will be different after Jan. 20th.

12 posted on 12/24/2016 1:02:29 PM PST by Canedawg (Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. -J.Adams)
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To: bert

Let the box be defunded.


13 posted on 12/24/2016 1:03:23 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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To: Jim Robinson

The POS has to be the POS he’s always been...those mooslems close to him expect it and will not be disappointed


14 posted on 12/24/2016 1:04:28 PM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: Jim Robinson

In 1981 the West was led by Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and Pope John Paul II.They defeated communism. In 2011 the West was led by Barack Obama, Angela Merkel and Pope Francis. Militant Islam thrives.


15 posted on 12/24/2016 1:06:45 PM PST by allendale
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To: Jim Robinson

Trump will fix it. 0bama is nothing more than a penny-ante operator following bad plans fed to him by his enablers.


16 posted on 12/24/2016 1:11:09 PM PST by W. (A funny thing happened on the way to the forum...)
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To: WashingtonFire

Agreed.
A social justice warrior who never held a job vs An American success story who worked his ass of for everything he has.
Boxed in? By that Dumbass. Lol.


17 posted on 12/24/2016 1:11:14 PM PST by MotorCityBuck ( Keep the change, you filthy animal! ,)
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They’ll never recognize Israel. Big problem.


18 posted on 12/24/2016 1:11:36 PM PST by KyCats
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Bolton continued that he'd recommend that Trump call the resolution "illegitimate" and say the United States will try to repeal it, and if that fails, cut the U.S. contribution to the UN.

A failure that has aspects of becoming a winner, so I am hoping for failure in this instance. Instead of cut though, I advocate for total refusal to contribute.

19 posted on 12/24/2016 1:12:32 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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Obama made sure there was plenty of room at Gitmo.

Let’s send him there!


20 posted on 12/24/2016 1:13:50 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (President Trump is coming, and the rule of law is coming with him.)
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