Obama Refuses to Veto Anti-Israel Resolution by UN Security Council
Obama Refuses to Veto Anti-Israel Resolution by UN Security Council
By JOSEF FEDERMAN | December 23, 2016 | 3:15 PM EST
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — In a striking rupture with past practice, the United States allowed the U.N. Security Council on Friday to condemn Israeli settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem as a "flagrant violation" of international law. In doing so, the outgoing Obama administration brushed aside Donald Trump's demands that the U.S. exercise its veto and provided a climax to years of icy relations with Israel's leadership.
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