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News UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon Says Settlement Resolution Good Move Peace Process Forward
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the Security Council’s adoption on Friday of a resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlements, his spokesman said. “The secretary-general takes this opportunity to encourage Israeli and Palestinian leaders to work with the international community to create a conducive environment for a return to meaningful negotiations,” spokesman Stephane Dujarric…
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Israel News Israel Vows To Defy UN Resolution on Settlements
Israel will not abide by the terms of a United Nations Security Council resolution adopted on Friday demanding an end to settlement activity, a statement from the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. “Israel rejects this shameful anti-Israel resolution at the U.N. and will not abide by its terms,” the statement said
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Fast Forward U.S. Abstains as UN Security Council Votes 14-0 Against Israeli Settlements
The United States on Friday allowed the U.N. Security Council to adopt a resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlement building, defying heavy pressure from long-time ally Israel and President-elect Donald Trump for Washington to wield its veto. A U.S. abstention paved the way for the 15-member council to approve the resolution, with 14 votes…
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Fast Forward Trump Says ‘Things Will Be Different’ After UN Vote on Israel Settlements
President-elect Donald Trump said in a tweet after the United States abstained in a U.N. Security Council vote condemning Israeli settlements that “things will be different after Jan. 20,” when he takes office. Trump on Thursday urged the United States to veto the resolution.
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Fast Forward Israel Brands President Obama ‘Shameful’ for Refusing To Veto UN Resolution on Settlements
President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry are behind a “shameful” draft anti-settlement resolution at the U.N. Security Council, a senior Israeli government official said on Friday. It was one of the harshest personal attacks by the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Obama, coming in the final days of his presidency….
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Fast Forward UN Vote on Israel Settlements May Happen After All — Will U.S. Allow It To Pass?
The U.N. Security Council will vote on Friday on a resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlements after four council members again put forward the measure a day after Egypt withdrew it under pressure from Israel and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. New Zealand, Malaysia, Venezuela and Senegal, who were co-sponsors of the draft resolution, have…
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Fast Forward U.S. Planned To Allow Anti-Settlement UN Resolution To Pass
The United States intended to allow the U.N. Security Council to approve a resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlement building, two Western officials said on Thursday, a major reversal of U.S. practice of protecting Israel from such criticism. Egypt, which had proposed the draft resolution, abruptly put off a vote that had been scheduled…
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Fast Forward UN Vote on Israel Settlements Delayed — ‘Possibly Indefinitely’
Egypt postponed a U.N. Security Council vote on Thursday on a resolution it proposed demanding an end to Israeli settlement building, diplomats said, after Israel’s prime minister and U.S. president-elect Donald Trump urged Washington to veto it. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi told Egypt’s U.N. mission to postpone the vote, which would have forced U.S….
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