Friday, February 18, 2011

US vetoes UN vote on settlements

United Nations (CNN) -- The United States vetoed Friday a U.N. Security Council resolution that would have declared Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice said that while the United States agrees about "the folly and illegitimacy of continued Israeli settlement activity, we think it unwise for this council to attempt to resolve the core issues that divide Israelis and Palestinians."

The veto is the first to be used under the Obama administration.

Ambassador Riyad Mansour, the permanent observer of Palestine to the United Nations, objected to the veto in a statement following the vote.

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2 comments:

  1. "On the contrary, we reject in the strongest terms the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlement activity," she said.

    No, Ambassador Rice, rejecting in the "strongest terms" would have been to vote for the resolution and tell Israel to knock it off or else all U.S. aid and support would end.

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  2. They're taking the whole world for a ride!

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