Posted on 12/27/2016 5:55:13 AM PST by rktman
In retaliation for a United Nations resolution that called their settlements illegal, which the U.S. refused to veto, Israel recently announced that they would be curbing their working ties with 12 nations, who voted in favor of the resolution last week (via CNN):
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered his nation's foreign ministry to temporarily limit all working ties with the embassies of the 12 UN Security Council members who voted in favor of Friday's resolution on West Bank settlements and who have diplomatic relations with Israel, two senior Israeli officials tell CNN.
The officials said that business with the embassies of those countries -- Britain, France, Russia, China, Japan, Ukraine, Angola, Egypt, Uruguay, Spain, Senegal and New Zealand -- will be suspended, the officials said.
Netanyahu will not meet with the foreign ministers of those countries and their ambassadors will not be received at Israel's foreign ministry, the officials added.
The UN has been unable to bring about a peaceful end to the Syrian Civil War and the ensuing humanitarian crisis in the city of Aleppo, but they had time to push this through. David Keyes, the spokesman for Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu, said they have “ironclad” evidence that the Obama administration crafted and pushed for this resolution’s passage.
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When they filmed Lord of the Rings there? ;-) Maybe they got Hobbitized. Oh, wait. Hobbits could be ferocious.
I've post this before; the majority of American Jews have been deprived of an adequate Jewish education. Their deity is secularism and liberalism instead of G-d. They do not identify with Israel or revere it as the site of the holiest places on earth for Jews. They are the court Jews, ever-eager to please their secular masters, only to be kicked in the face for it in contempt time after time. And yes, they rarely learn. It's all they know.
I believe I framed my first comment the way you have described American Jews.I also stand by the part where i said that Christians are more supportive of Israel than most Jews here. I was talking the big picture. If you vote for politicos who would sell out Israel, then donating money and lip service are not going to help.
More to the point we should have.
Yep. Any one of the permanent members could have vetoed it.
But, by abstaining, the U.S. under Barry O'Bastard gave one (hopefully) last middle finger to Israel and Bibi.
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