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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Some claim that he was also in the business of informing the guards of escaped or wanted Jews in hiding. On the surface, this seems credible given he was given the freedom to operate his "business".
I you've ever read anything written by Soros, you'll be struck by the total absence of a conscience. And, given his own makeup, he assumes that nobody else has one either.
In large part, his own amorality and his presumption of amorality in others explains why Soros is what he is.
I am surprised progressives and democrats can stand their own stink.
Thanks. Makes sense.
Correction, Zero abstained the vote. This is just another example of him slipping crap in before he exits.
And this is another example of Fox News parroting the same media crap as everybody else. Why do “Palestinians” live in refugee camps and Israelis live in “settlements”? It’s the lie that Israelis are the squatters here. It’s a further perpetuation of The Big Lie and it’s disgusting.
Even giving the Israelis nothing more than a fair shake would be a radical improvement.
My only question is why Obama didn’t APPROVE the measure.
Abstention is such a weak Israel-hating move.
Comon, you Muslin f***. Make a fist. Join your Madrassa brothers.
I think it is a reveal on a grander strategy.
He pulls Haley out of the governors chair, then gets us out of the UN.
When Haley has no position and comes begging, "I'm sorry. Nothing open. So sad, too bad."
Bibi Netanyahu’s response:
Please make every effort to uphold this resolution. IDF will aim & fire at “blue-helmets” only.
Meaningless vote from a worthless, inconsequential gang of criminals.
Paul Ryan’s comment is also stupid. Middle East “peace” will only come through the barrel of a gun, and the surrender of all jihadi forces.
The whole land for peace program needs to be dropped immediately if not sooner as both Lebanon and Gaza have become Islamic terrorist nations after Israel was coerced by the international global socialists and their thug friends, Islamic terrorists and communists.
The whole land for peace program needs to be dropped immediately if not sooner as both Lebanon and Gaza have become Islamic terrorist nations after Israel was coerced by the international global socialists and their thug friends, Islamic terrorists and communists.
All of the muslime supporting countries that voted to support this asinine resolution deserve to have their products boycotted. That includes France, Great Britain, China, Spain and Russia.
Haters against Jews all of them.
That is my hope. I really dislike her at this point.
Yes, he was a kid when he did it.
It’s all documented quite well.
I am not in the habit of posting comments that are not based on facts.
There are ways to deal with the UN.
I do believe President Elect Donald Trump has a plan.
The UN should not have the power that they exhibit.
If it’s undisputed fact, why were there no consequences?
US OUT of the UN! UN OUT of the USA!
Hang on, Bibi! True Patriots are coming to your aid!
“Remember what happened when Israel left Gaza, leaving behind buildings and businesses? —> all were destroyed.”
You cannot help these Palestinian. You. Just. Can’t.
I recently watched a travelog by Rick Steves, touring Israel. He tried SO HARD to be ‘PC’ about it all, but they showed one side of The Wall, and then the other.
The Israeli side was well kept and landscaped nicely; not much of an eyesore considering it’s nothing more than a retaining wall you’d see along ANY US highway from coast to coast!
The Palestinian side was nothing but garbage and graffiti.
The difference was Night & Day as to WHO are the educated, productive types and who are the backwater Neanderthals.
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