In one of the most bass-awkward statements of non-fact available, AIPAC put out a press release bemoaning the fact that Obama allowed the UN resolution condemning settlement to go through.
AIPAC is deeply disturbed by the failure of the Obama Administration to exercise its veto to prevent a destructive, one-sided, anti-Israel resolution from being enacted by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). In the past, this administration and past administrations have rejected this type of biased resolution since it undermines prospects for peace.
What's one-sided is Israel's continued settlement, ruinous blockade and occupation of Palestinian land.
Defying extraordinary pressure from President-elect Donald J. Trump and furious lobbying by Israel, the Obama administration on Friday allowed the United Nations Security Council to adopt a resolution that condemned Israeli settlement construction.
The administration’s decision not to veto the measure broke a longstanding American policy of serving as Israel’s sturdiest diplomatic shield at the United Nations.
While the measure will have no practical impact on the ground, it was regarded as a major rebuff to Israel that could increase its isolation over the paralyzed peace process with the Palestinians.
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The vote came a day after Mr. Trump personally intervened to keep the measure, proposed by Egypt, from coming up for a vote on Thursday, as scheduled.
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Applause broke out in the 15-member Security Council’s chambers following the vote on the measure, which passed 14-0, with the United States abstaining.
It's a nice gesture, but it's true it won't have any effect. It should have been done when it came to a vote in 2011, when it might have actually had time to have some residual effect. In fact, it was probably done for the express purpose of letting the world (and Himself) know that Donald Trump doesn't get to call the shots until after January 20.
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