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US abstains in key Israel vote, clearing way for condemnation of settlements
Fox News.com ^ | December 23, 2016

Posted on 12/23/2016 12:13:28 PM PST by Kaslin

A "shameful" abstention by the U.S. in a United Nations Security Council vote Friday allowed passage of a resolution condemning Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank.

The resolution was put forward by New Zealand, Malaysia, Venezuela and Senegal after Egypt withdrew it Thursday under pressure from Israel and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.

It was adopted with 14 votes in favor, to a round of applause, after U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power abstained. It is the first resolution the Security Council has adopted on Israel and the Palestinians in nearly eight years.

Reaction from U.S. Republicans and Jewish leaders around the world was swift and sharp.

"This is absolutely shameful," said House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis. "Today's vote is a blow to peace that sets a dangerous precedent for further diplomatic efforts to isolate and demonize Israel."

The Obama White House, under heavy pressure from the Israeli government and its supporters to veto the resolution, kept everyone guessing until the vote whether it would stop shielding Israel from council resolutions and permit it to pass by abstaining.

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1 posted on 12/23/2016 12:13:28 PM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Israel, hang on til Jan 20th, 2017...Help is coming...


2 posted on 12/23/2016 12:15:27 PM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: Kaslin

FUBO!!


3 posted on 12/23/2016 12:15:48 PM PST by Canedawg (Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. -J.Adams)
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To: Canedawg
Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump · 3m3 minutes ago As to the U.N., things will be different after Jan. 20th.
4 posted on 12/23/2016 12:16:24 PM PST by Canedawg (Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. -J.Adams)
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To: JBW1949

BTTT


5 posted on 12/23/2016 12:16:32 PM PST by Kaslin (Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible)
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To: Kaslin

http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Israeli-source-blames-Obama-for-UN-settlement-vote-says-he-abandoned-Israel-476352


6 posted on 12/23/2016 12:17:11 PM PST by LeoWindhorse (America First !)
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To: Canedawg

[ “This is absolutely shameful,” said House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis. “Today’s vote is a blow to peace that sets a dangerous precedent for further diplomatic efforts to isolate and demonize Israel.” ]

He said, unable to properly explain his support for Obama for years....


7 posted on 12/23/2016 12:18:35 PM PST by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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To: Kaslin

Obama = rat bastage


8 posted on 12/23/2016 12:18:56 PM PST by DonkeyBonker (Trump won, get over it!)
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To: Kaslin

Part of the Obama legacy: stab Israel in the back.

What I hope will be part of the Trump legacy: kick the UN out of the US.


9 posted on 12/23/2016 12:18:59 PM PST by samtheman (Voted Trump)
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To: Kaslin

Withdraw all US support for the UN. It is a demonic cartel of criminal enterprises.


10 posted on 12/23/2016 12:19:34 PM PST by Louis Foxwell (The Left has the temperament of a squealing pig.)
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Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump 5m5 minutes ago

As to the U.N., things will be different after Jan. 20th.
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11 posted on 12/23/2016 12:19:39 PM PST by conservative98
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To: Kaslin

American Jews: Enjoy your stealth muslim presidential candidate for whom 80% of you voted.


13 posted on 12/23/2016 12:21:24 PM PST by anton
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To: Louis Foxwell

Get the UN out of the USA and the USA out of the UN.


14 posted on 12/23/2016 12:23:43 PM PST by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies (alergi)
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To: Kaslin

The UN isn’t the higher power here. I hope they realize that.

Just sayin...

5.56mm


15 posted on 12/23/2016 12:23:53 PM PST by M Kehoe
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To: Kaslin

Obama should swing for the crimes he has committed. This is but one more.

RIH you POS.


16 posted on 12/23/2016 12:23:55 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
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To: DonkeyBonker

So since it is the UN, does it really mean anything other than symbolism?

How does it get undone?

Obama legacy


17 posted on 12/23/2016 12:24:12 PM PST by Jimmy The Snake
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To: Kaslin

This tiny, malignant little POTUS is in freefall to hell.


18 posted on 12/23/2016 12:25:27 PM PST by Psalm 144 (Deplorable and loving it.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Yes!


19 posted on 12/23/2016 12:26:25 PM PST by Psalm 144 (Deplorable and loving it.)
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To: anton

Similar to George Soros sending his race-mates to the gas chambers.

Why are so many Jews so self destructive?


20 posted on 12/23/2016 12:26:39 PM PST by Syncro (Facts is facts)
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