Obama's Last Crusade Against Israel

As the Obama administration stabbed Israel in the back, President-Elect Donald Trump has been arguing strongly for a veto, calling the resolution “extremely unfair to all Israelis”.

The disputed areas, the West Bank and East Jerusalem, were captured by Israel during the Six-Day War in 1967.  Since Israel captured the territories, Palestinians and Israelis have both erected numerous settlements.  Both sides of the conflict over the regions argue that the settlements by the other side are illegal.  Palestine (I hate using that term because technically it does not exist, but for the purpose of clarification I must use “Palestine,” and “Palestinians” in this article) contends that the only way to settle the dispute is for Palestine to be granted statehood, and for all Jews to be ejected from Palestinian territories.  Barack Obama’s refusal to block the U.N. resolution signals an agreement on his part with the two-state solution, and the concept of kicking Israel out of the disputed zones that serve as a buffer between Israel’s interior, and the vicious Muslim forces that surrounds the small Jewish nation.

Obama’s political opposition called his move reckless.  Even members of his own party said the same.  Chuck Schumer, the incoming Democratic leader in the US Senate, a person who normally disgusts me politically, said of the refusal to use America’s veto at the UN, “The administration should have vetoed this resolution.”

Mr. Trump on Twitter said: “As to the UN, things will be different after Jan 20.”  January 20 is the date Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the next President of the United States.

David Friedman, Mr. Trump’s choice as ambassador to Israel, said Washington will not pressure Israel to curtail settlement building. Mr. Trump has also vowed to not only recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, but also move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

A senior Israeli official said, “The US administration secretly cooked up with the Palestinians an extreme anti-Israeli resolution behind Israel’s back which would be a tail wind for terror.  This is an abandonment of Israel which breaks decades of US policy of protecting Israel at the UN, and undermines the prospects of working with the next administration of advancing peace.”

Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said, “Israel rejects this shameful anti-Israel resolution at the UN and will not abide by its terms. The Obama administration not only failed to protect Israel against this gang-up at the UN, it colluded with it behind the scenes.  At a time when the Security Council does nothing to stop the slaughter of half a million people in Syria, it disgracefully gangs up on the one true democracy in the Middle East.”

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