The UN’s ceasefire resolution insults Israelis. So does Netanyahu’s feigned outrage
The Israeli prime minister is attempting to weaponize Israeli isolation on the global stage
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Opinion UN ceasefire resolution is a signal, not a sanction, for Israel
It’s time for Netanyahu to cry “uncle” — “Uncle Joe,” that is
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Community Dublin Is Not Jerusalem
In the aftermath of the U.S.’s decision to abstain from a vote criticizing Israeli settlements at the UN, Barack Obama and company have shown their true colors and in a calculated move, going on to stab Israel, not in the back but in the front. The departing president refused to veto United Nations Security Council…
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Opinion Actually, This UN Resolution Is Much Better Than 71 Others the U.S. Allowed To Pass
There’s not much that’s new or remarkable in that new resolution from the United Nations Security Council (text here) condemning Israel’s West Bank settlements as illegal. You might call that very fact remarkable — that the resolution is so unremarkable — given all the fuss the resolution has stirred up. Surely with all that smoke…
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Opinion That ‘Shameful’ UN Resolution Actually Blasts the Settlements — Not Israel
Relations between Israel and the United States sank on Friday to their lowest point in years after the Obama administration declined to veto a resolution in the United Nations Security Council (full text here) declaring Israel’s settlements in the West Bank, “including East Jerusalem,” to be illegal under international law. Israeli leaders reacted with fury….
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Breaking News Palestinians Ready Fresh Statehood Deadline Push at United Nations
Arab foreign ministers on Thursday endorsed a Palestinian plan to resubmit a draft resolution to the U.N. Security Council calling for Israel to withdraw from occupied territories by late 2017. The United States helped defeat a similar draft resolution in a Security Council vote on Dec. 30. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said he hoped…
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Opinion Palestinian U.N. Bid Fails by 1 Vote. Was That the Plan?
The Palestinian effort to have the U.N. Security Council set a deadline for Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank failed to win the necessary nine votes for approval this afternoon. Palestinian spokesmen had spoken confidently before the vote of winning nine or even 10 votes. But two nations whose support they said they expected, Nigeria…
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Breaking News U.S. Blasts ‘Palestine’ U.N. Resolution as Not ‘Constructive’
The United States said on Monday it did not support a draft statehood resolution that the Palestinians plan to introduce at the United Nations, saying it would not advance the goal of peace or address Israel’s security needs. “We don’t think this resolution is constructive,” State Department spokesman Jeff Rathke told a regular news briefing….
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