The UN Settlements Resolution Runs Contrary to Longstanding U.S. Policy and to International Law
Don’t believe Samantha Power and Ben Rhodes.
January 10, 2017
She would have done better to exercise the power of veto.
While Charles Moore does not doubt the sincerity of Theresa May’s expressions of friendship toward the Jewish state, he finds her decision to support the recent anti-settlements resolution at the UN Security Council an unjustifiable exercise in “virtue signaling”—a meaningless display of commitment to popular pieties. He writes (free registration required):
Don’t believe Samantha Power and Ben Rhodes.
He supported terrorism and advocated using nuclear weapons against Israel.
She would have done better to exercise the power of veto.
Mindless automatons on the Jewish mind.
He built a wall, a tunnel, and a toilet.
While Charles Moore does not doubt the sincerity of Theresa May’s expressions of friendship toward the Jewish state, he finds her decision to support the recent anti-settlements resolution at the UN Security Council an unjustifiable exercise in “virtue signaling”—a meaningless display of commitment to popular pieties. He writes (free registration required):
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