Posted on 10/14/2023 4:27:18 AM PDT by jerod
In late December 2016, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 2334, lambasting Israel for creating “settlements in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem.” The resolution also asserted that these settlements have “no legal validity and constitute . . . a flagrant violation under international law.” The United States abstained on the resolution, allowing it to pass by a vote of 14 – 0.
This came as a blow to Israel. Ordinarily, the United States has exercised its veto to shield the Jewish state from such motions, but just weeks from leaving office and free of political constraint, President Obama opted to allow this Security Council condemnation (and, according to Israel sources, encouraged it), as a final gesture of his disapproval of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s policies.
Israel’s bitterness over this action stemmed from two causes. One is that such actions can rarely be undone. A future U.S. administration might wish to correct the imbalance in Resolution 2334, but any of the other four states wielding vetoes – Security Council permanent members France, the United Kingdom, Russia and China – all with policies tilted against Israel in varying degrees, could veto any counterbalancing measure. The second is that the United Nations – in which a lone Jewish state weighs in the balance against 22 members of the Arab League and 57 members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation – has proved itself to be irredeemably biased against Israel...
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Obama has been out of office for over six years.
Joe Biden’s handover of the $6 billion was probably what Hamas had to wait on.
IMO Obama is very much in the thick of this administration. Much of Biden’s staff were Obama’s and Obama carefully put his people in critical positions throughout government so that he maintains some control. Plus remember that when Obama left office he climed to have a “50,000 shadow government” in place.
Joe Biden clearly indicated with his $6 billion deal that future hostage taking might pay off big.
Dear Syrian asylum applicant:
The US is not a lunatic asylum. Syria is not at peace with Israel, which the government of the US does not want harmed. Your continued presence in the US is incompatible with essential national security needs. You will be interned until arrangements are made for your removal.
OBAMA is technically out of office
BUT, IMO and the opinion of many others-—he is still running too much behind JOE The Demented. Valerie Jarrett, also.
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