Posts Tagged: UN and Israel
Kerry Assails Israeli Settlements, Denies US Involvement in Last Week’s Security Council Resolution in Landmark Speech
Ongoing Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank “risks making peace impossible” and is leading towards a one-state reality, outgoing US Secretary of State John...
US President-Elect Trump: ‘Stay Strong Israel, January 20th Is Fast Approaching!’
The US must stop allowing the Jewish state to “be treated with such total disdain and disrespect,” President-elect Donald Trump tweeted on Wednesday morning, hours before...
Top US Jewish Leader: Obama Administration Might Take ‘Further Damaging Step’ Against Israel Before Trump Inauguration
After the passage of an anti-settlement UN Security Council resolution last week, it is possible the Obama administration will take a “further damaging step” against Israel...
Netanyahu Defends ‘Vigorous’ Response to Anti-Settlement UN Resolution: ‘We Do Not Turn the Other Cheek; Enough of This Diaspora-Think; the World Respects Strength’
“Israel is a country with national pride and we do not turn the other cheek,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Monday, as the Jewish...
Israeli Ambassador Dermer: Top Obama National Security Adviser Rhodes, Who Denied US Behind Anti-Settlement UN Resolution, an ‘Expert at Fiction’
A top national security adviser to outgoing US President Barack Obama is an “expert at fiction,” the Jewish state’s DC envoy declared in an MSNBC...
Dershowitz: Obama Will Go Down in History as One of Worst Foreign Policy Presidents Ever
Outgoing US President Barack Obama will be remembered in history as “one of the worst foreign policy presidents ever,” an internationally renowned American legal expert...
Israel’s Ambassador Dermer: We Have ‘Clear Evidence’ Obama Orchestrated Passage of Anti-Settlement UN Security Council Resolution, Will Present It to Trump
Israel has “clear evidence” the Obama administration orchestrated the passage of the anti-Israeli settlement UN Security Council resolution on Friday, the Jewish state’s DC envoy...
Ex-State Department Negotiator: Everyone Loses From Obama Administration’s Abstention From Vote on Anti-Israeli Settlement UN Security Council Resolution
The Obama administration’s decision to abstain from Friday’s UN Security Council vote on an anti-Israeli settlement resolution was “ill-timed” and “ill-advised,” a former US State...
Netanyahu: World Leaders Who Wished Us Happy Hanukkah After Backing ‘Shameful’ UN Resolution Don’t Understand Holiday’s Meaning
World leaders who issued Hanukkah greetings after backing the "shameful" anti-settlement UN Security Council resolution last week do not understand the holiday’s meaning, Israeli Prime Minister...
Wall Street Journal: US Abstention From Vote on Anti-Israeli Settlement UN Security Council Resolution Exposed Obama’s ‘Animus’ Towards Jewish State
America’s abstention from Friday’s vote on an anti-Israeli settlement UN Security Council resolution exposed the outgoing Obama administration’s “animus” towards the Jewish state, the Wall...
With Obama Administration Abstaining, UN Security Council Approves Anti-Israeli Settlement Resolution
The UN Security Council voted 14-0 on Friday -- with the US abstaining -- in favor of an anti-settlement resolution that was vehemently opposed by...
Middle East Expert: Trump Victory Might Make Lame-Duck Obama Feel ‘Less Encumbered’ About Pushing Ahead With End-of-Term Israeli-Palestinian Diplomatic Initiative
Republican Donald Trump’s shocking victory over his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton in Tuesday’s presidential election could make outgoing President Barack Obama feel “less encumbered” about launching an end-of-term...
Washington Post: Any End-of-Term Obama-Led Israeli-Palestinian Peace Push Will Be Viewed as ‘Legacy-Seeking Grandstanding’
Any end-of-term Israeli-Palestinian peace push by the Obama administration would likely be viewed in the Middle East as “legacy-seeking grandstanding rather than as a contribution...
Report: Obama Administration ‘Manufacturing Crisis’ With Israel to Apply Pressure on Jewish State Ahead of Lame-Duck-Period Push for Palestinian State
With its eyes on the potential launch of an Israeli-Palestinian peace initiative after next month’s presidential election, the Obama administration is “manufacturing a crisis” over settlement...
