December 16, 2014
Will the U.S. Veto UN Recognition of a Palestinian State?
The Palestinian Authority is currently campaigning for a Security Council resolution recognizing a Palestinian state. Some are speculating that the U.S. will deviate from its usual policy and decline to veto such a resolution, in order to punish the Israeli prime minister. But, argues Jonathan Tobin, the Obama administration has more to lose from such a maneuver than does Netanyahu: