Posted on 12/28/2016 7:07:55 PM PST by Innovative
On Dec. 21, amid his morning workout, an afternoon round of golf and a family dinner with friends, President Obama interrupted his Hawaii vacation to consult by phone with his top national security team in Washington. Egypt had introduced a resolution at the U.N. Security Council condemning Israeli settlements as illegal, and a vote was scheduled for the next day.
The idea had been circulating at the council for months, but the abrupt timing was a surprise. Obama was open to abstaining, he said on the call, provided the measure was “balanced” in its censure of terrorism and Palestinian violence and there were no last-minute changes in the text.
Skeptics, including Vice President Biden, warned of fierce backlash in Congress and in Israel itself. But most agreed that the time had come to take a stand. The rapid increase of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, despite escalating U.S. criticism, could very well close the door to any hope of negotiating side-by-side Israeli and Palestinian states. Pending Israeli legislation would retroactively legalize settlements already constructed on Palestinian land.
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And the cover up begins.
Consider the source. A known Obama sycophant
No, it wasn’t.
What’s all the ruckus about?
I don’t understand this settlement business.
Whose land is it supposed to be?
Was “Palestine” once part of Israel? If not, what was it called before?
Thanks in advance.
7 BILLION people in the world. Yet the focus is on 6 MILLION.
Insane.
“Balanced”. At least even WaPo used quotation marks. Sure, Palestinian terrorism will be ‘centured’, but what real consequence will this have?
Obama saw it on the news just like everyone else.
Total BS....Excuse
fake News.
“How did the U.S. come to abstain on a U.N. resolution condemning Israeli settlements?”
It’s very simple. Stupid American voters put a pro-Islamic, anti-Semitic, anti-American traitor in the White House!
SorozNazi and the islamonazi infiltrator in our White House — having their jollies It’s bad but Jerusalem will outlast their vicious little outbursts and get back to building the ( much needed) homes for their people. Meanwhile, soroz and O and Kerry will all burn in Hell for all the damage they’ve done Aamerica ( and the hundreds of thousands of people whose murders they initiated and/ or enabled trying to build up the Islamic terrorists )
Now that the UN has passed its “resolution” when are they going to send their blue helmets to enforce it?
If they don’t have the balls to do it they might as well close shop.
Obama learned it on the news, same as you and me.
“the abrupt timing was a surprise”
What a load of BS.
The timing happened to coincide with Obama’s last month in office.
The Washington Post is a joke. All lies and deceit.
They sicken me.
This is complete bullshite and shows why the legacy media / fake news rags are dying.
Absolutely pathetic.
I hope the transcripts/audiotapes of Kerry/Obama backstabbing Israel are made public. They orchestrated the whole damn thing and we all know it.
Kerry to Obama quick Bibi is on to us launch operation fake news call all our media allies and have them report our story.
Liars
The MSM is the Country’s greatest threat.
The MIC (muslim in chief) was humiliated by Bibi and wanted revenge. His little junior high violin case was not handy, Moochelle had his jump rope hidden in his fanny pack, and he couldn’t get close enough to hit Bibi with a shoe (due to throwing like a girl), hence the UN resolution
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