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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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posted on
12/23/2016 12:13:28 PM PST
by
Kaslin
To: Kaslin
Israel, hang on til Jan 20th, 2017...Help is coming...
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posted on
12/23/2016 12:15:27 PM PST
by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
To: Kaslin
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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)
To: Canedawg
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump · 3m3 minutes ago As to the U.N., things will be different after Jan. 20th.
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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)
To: JBW1949
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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)
To: Kaslin
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posted on
12/23/2016 12:17:11 PM PST
by
LeoWindhorse
(America First !)
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....
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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)
To: Kaslin
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posted on
12/23/2016 12:18:56 PM PST
by
DonkeyBonker
(Trump won, get over it!)
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.
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posted on
12/23/2016 12:18:59 PM PST
by
samtheman
(Voted Trump)
To: Kaslin
Withdraw all US support for the UN. It is a demonic cartel of criminal enterprises.
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posted on
12/23/2016 12:19:34 PM PST
by
Louis Foxwell
(The Left has the temperament of a squealing pig.)
To: Kaslin
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump 5m5 minutes ago
As to the U.N., things will be different after Jan. 20th.
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To: Kaslin
American Jews: Enjoy your stealth muslim presidential candidate for whom 80% of you voted.
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posted on
12/23/2016 12:21:24 PM PST
by
anton
To: Louis Foxwell
Get the UN out of the USA and the USA out of the UN.
To: Kaslin
The UN isn’t the higher power here. I hope they realize that.
Just sayin...
5.56mm
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posted on
12/23/2016 12:23:53 PM PST
by
M Kehoe
To: Kaslin
Obama should swing for the crimes he has committed. This is but one more.
RIH you POS.
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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)
To: DonkeyBonker
So since it is the UN, does it really mean anything other than symbolism?
How does it get undone?
Obama legacy
To: Kaslin
This tiny, malignant little POTUS is in freefall to hell.
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posted on
12/23/2016 12:25:27 PM PST
by
Psalm 144
(Deplorable and loving it.)
To: Red in Blue PA
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posted on
12/23/2016 12:26:25 PM PST
by
Psalm 144
(Deplorable and loving it.)
To: anton
Similar to George Soros sending his race-mates to the gas chambers.
Why are so many Jews so self destructive?
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posted on
12/23/2016 12:26:39 PM PST
by
Syncro
(Facts is facts)
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