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Bolton: Obama Rejected Israel Resolution to 'Box Trump In'
NewsMax ^ | December 24, 2016 | By Sandy Fitzgerald

Posted on 12/24/2016 12:55:54 PM PST by Jim Robinson

The United States could have killed a key United Nations resolution that condemned Israel for its West Bank settlements by voting against it rather than abstaining, former U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said Friday night, but he thinks President Barack Obama took the action to "box the incoming Trump administration in."

"This was a stab in the back against the Israelis," Bolton told Fox News' "Hannity" show Friday night. "It was entirely predictable. I would say this for people in the pro-Israel community in the United States who defended Obama's Middle East policy over these last eight years: You should have seen this coming and this is what you get for supporting Barack Obama."

Obama has had a contentious relationship with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the years, Bolton conceded, but he thinks the administration's decision to abstain from the UN vote on Friday goes deeper than that.

"I think this was an effort to box the in-coming Trump administration in, and it violates nearly 50 years of American bipartisan policy on the Middle East, going back to the iconic resolution 242 after the 1967 war."

The proposed resolution says Israel's occupation is "illegitimate," said Bolton, and "therefore it has no land to give back in exchange for peace. Contrary to what the Obama administration has said, this puts a huge thumb on the scale against Israel."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 201612; abstain; abstaining; bolton; flynn; israel; israelresolution; netanyahu; obama; obamaabstains; obamaisrael; settlements; trump; un; unresolution
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To: MotorCityBuck

Radical street grifter activist vs enormously successful entreprenuer


41 posted on 12/24/2016 1:51:20 PM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: Jim Robinson

“”I think this was an effort to box the in-coming Trump administration in, . . . “

The facts on the ground say otherwise.


42 posted on 12/24/2016 1:51:32 PM PST by ModelBreaker
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To: dragonblustar; Jim Robinson
I hope Trump gets the US out of the UN!

and I hope Trump gets the UN out of the US!

43 posted on 12/24/2016 1:55:25 PM PST by TheRightGuy (I want MY BAILOUT ... a billion or two should do!)
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To: Jim Robinson

Words, just words. Sometimes I think that Lawyers and politicians think that because they say or write something, that makes ‘it’ real.

And then when reality bites them on the a$$, they get all flustered.


44 posted on 12/24/2016 1:58:05 PM PST by The Working Man
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To: The Working Man

On the other hand, the Obama administration seems desperate to start a war, any war, any where, why?

As for myself I think that they see that scenario of a war as the last chance to reverse the election of Donald Trump. Well... it’s something to consider anyway.


45 posted on 12/24/2016 2:01:54 PM PST by The Working Man
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To: frnewsjunkie
Seems what obama did could backfire if we did get out of the UN. There are countries that are not fit to have the voting rights. There used to be some talk about getting the UN out of this country..

How about if we stay in, stop carrying them financially, kick them out of NYC, and relocate it someplace like the blazing/freezing prairie in central Kansas....far from an airport (but plenty of parking)

Then we should just veto everything.

46 posted on 12/24/2016 2:07:24 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (The fear of stark justice sends hot urine down their thighs.)
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To: IncPen
My money’s on Mumia Abu-Jamal.

Much as he might want to, Obama can't do a thing for Mumia Abu-Jamal.

He's doing time in the state pen, charged with a crime against the state.

Obama's pardon power extends only to federal crimes.

47 posted on 12/24/2016 2:09:04 PM PST by okie01
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To: JLAGRAYFOX

I was particularly disgusted by Democrats when Netanyahu visited Washington to try and convince them as friends not to sign the Iran deal, because it would be like a stab in the back to Israel. Democrats acted civilized at first, but I could see the hatred in their eyes for this “Jew” trying to tell them what to do. Pelosi and the rest of her God-cursed bunch would just as soon kill every Jew like Hitler did. They are not Israel’s friend. They signed that bill out of sheer hate.


48 posted on 12/24/2016 2:12:50 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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To: Jim Robinson

The proposed resolution says Israel’s occupation is “illegitimate,” said Bolton, and “therefore it has no land to give back in exchange for peace.

...

Peace won’t happen anyway. Keep the land in any case.


49 posted on 12/24/2016 2:13:43 PM PST by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: halfright

Should be absolutely no reason for the Trump administration to not just ignore the UN resolution like most countries ignore US or US ally led resolutions.

The UN is a has been body with no teeth and full of third world US hating members. Past time to dismantle it and kick the members back to their individual hellholes.


50 posted on 12/24/2016 2:13:59 PM PST by redcatcherb412
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To: Enchante

I think you hit the nail on the head in your post.


51 posted on 12/24/2016 2:14:02 PM PST by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: Jim Robinson

I hope Trump retaliates by simply canceling our membership in the UN, and serving them notice on January 21st that they have 30 days to vacate that building, because we are turning it into a veteran’s hospital.


52 posted on 12/24/2016 2:14:09 PM PST by A_perfect_lady
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To: Jim Robinson

Won’t be the last middle finger salute Obama gives before finally going on permanent vacation.


53 posted on 12/24/2016 2:20:38 PM PST by bigbob (We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
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To: A_perfect_lady
I hope Trump retaliates by simply canceling our membership in the UN, and serving them notice on January 21st that they have 30 days to vacate that building, because we are turning it into a veteran’s hospital.

I agree!!! This would solve a lot of other problems. Like all the money spent to protect the so called UN diplomats as well as take away their immunity.

54 posted on 12/24/2016 2:28:42 PM PST by Evil Slayer ((Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war....))
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To: Jim Robinson

Bo’s bigotry and hate runs deep and wide for Jews, Europeans, american citizens, and all non-blacks. The psychopath is a menace to the planet.


55 posted on 12/24/2016 2:33:00 PM PST by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarmed)
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To: Jim Robinson

Take out money away from the U.N. Problem solved.


56 posted on 12/24/2016 2:44:16 PM PST by Parmy (II don't know how to past the images.)
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To: Jim Robinson

I think this is just a very minor speedbump in Trump’s agenda. Very petty for Obama and hopefully ends Mrs Sunstien’s career.


57 posted on 12/24/2016 2:46:27 PM PST by Vic S ( David Rockefeller killed Larry McDonald (Congressman, President of the Birch Society - KAL 007))
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To: Always A Marine

The resolution does not carry sanctions. It is more like a suggestion if you want to interpret it that way.


58 posted on 12/24/2016 2:56:51 PM PST by zeebee (There are no coincidences.)
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To: Fiddlstix
They think he's boxed in. Trump Is smarter than the lot of 'em

What Obozo did was box in the UN...The UN is nothing without the United States...They'll soon find out...

59 posted on 12/24/2016 2:57:51 PM PST by Iscool
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To: Alberta's Child
A big red flag here for me is that Lindsey Graham -- one of the most despised Republicans here on FreeRepublic -- has been the loudest critic of Obama on this from the Republican side.

As if Obama doesn't signal the biggest red freak flag?

60 posted on 12/24/2016 3:00:53 PM PST by FreeReign
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