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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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To: Kaslin

Did Ryan just grow a set or did he borrow them? Prosthesis?


201 posted on 12/25/2016 3:33:05 PM PST by Crucial
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To: Syncro

American Jews don’t feel anything for Israelis. They don’t see themselves as remotely the same. At least that’s the way it seems to me.


202 posted on 12/25/2016 3:35:28 PM PST by Crucial
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To: Crucial

Yes it does seen that way, and it is for the most part true.

Most likely secular Jews.

There are some that love their country also.


203 posted on 12/25/2016 4:21:26 PM PST by Syncro (Facts is facts)
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To: anton
"American Jews: Enjoy your stealth muslim presidential candidate for whom 80% of you voted.:

Exactly!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59J0i3LNoY8

204 posted on 12/25/2016 5:48:08 PM PST by Mr Apple ( Let's play.........Hide the Muslim: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59J0i3LNoY8)
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To: Syncro

Well, of course there are Jews that love America. I just wish everybody at this point would give up all this anti-Americanism and Jew hatred as well. They need realize that if they don’t love America, it’s not America’s fault, it’s theirs. Only the delusional can hate a country where individual liberty has a chance.


205 posted on 12/25/2016 9:45:46 PM PST by Crucial
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To: Psalm 144

Satan/Obama/Kerry versus The Holy One of Israel!!!! They will lose like all before them have. This is way bigger than their little finite minds comprehend. Israel’s borders are about to get bigger.


206 posted on 12/28/2016 7:37:58 AM PST by WNC mountainboy (Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.)
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