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December 26, 2016

The UN’s Most Recent Anti-Israel Resolution Does Nothing to Advance Peace

Made possible by the America’s betrayal of its closest ally.

The United Nations Security Council passed a resolution on Friday pronouncing illegal any Jewish settlement in territory Israel acquired in 1967. Breaking with longstanding policy, the U.S., rather than exercising its customary veto, abstained from voting. As the Israeli ambassador Danny Danon remarked the resolution “sends a message” to Palestinian leaders that they “should continue on the path of terrorism and incitement [and] continue to seek meaningless statements from the international community.” In fact, argue Elliott Abrams and Michael Singh, the Security Council’s action only makes peace more difficult:

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