In one of its first votes in the new session of Congress, the House of Representatives has scheduled a Thursday vote on a bipartisan resolution condemning the United Nations Security Council resolution that criticized Israeli activities in Jerusalem and the West Bank. The bill is co-sponsored by both parties’ leaders in House Foreign...

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Power Outrage Last Friday afternoon, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 2334, which criticized Israeli construction in the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem. The resolution passed 14-0; the United States could have vetoed the resolution, but instead chose to abstain. The negative effects of the resolution will likely be felt for...

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Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Friday criticized last week’s anti-Israel United Nations Security Council resolution as a “deeply unsettling” measure that would not help bring about a two-state solution, the Australian Jewish News reported. Speaking at a Chanukah celebration at Central Synagogue in Sydney, the prime minister described resolution 2334, which condemns Israeli presence...

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Australia would have voted against last week’s anti-Israel resolution at the United Nations Security Council had it been given the opportunity, the country’s foreign minister said in a statement on Thursday. Australia is not on the Security Council and therefore could not vote on the resolution, which criticized Israeli presence in...

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The passage of a United Nations Security Council resolution last week denouncing Israeli presence beyond the 1949 armistice lines will make Middle East peace “ever more remote,” former Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren wrote Wednesday in Newsweek. Oren, currently a member of Knesset and deputy minister for Israeli diplomacy,...

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In a surprising rebuke, the House of Representatives’ second-leading Democrat publicly and preemptively criticized Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday, stating that Kerry’s scheduled speech on Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations should not break with the longstanding U.S. policy that terms for an agreement can only come through bilateral negotiations. The statement by House Minority Whip...

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An Egyptian newspaper has published what it says are transcripts of meetings between senior members of the Obama administration and top officials of the Palestinian Authority, in which the parties planned out the introduction of last week’s anti-Israel United Nations Security Council resolution. According to the transcript, which was first...

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Last week’s vote in the United Nations Security Council to condemn Israel “does nothing to help the Palestinians in practical terms,” Walter Russell Mead, a distinguished fellow at the Hudson Institute, wrote in an analysis Sunday. Mead observed that while the Palestinians have developed an effective diplomatic program to promote...

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The Palestinian Authority’s ruling political party posted a picture on its official Facebook page on Saturday depicting an Israel-shaped knife dripping in blood to celebrate the passage of a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Israel. Did #Fatah thank 14 countries for granting it permission to kill #Israelis? #UNSC2334 https://t.co/FMmIpTeAMy pic.twitter.com/feUTLkrro9...

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The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a harsh statement on Friday criticizing the United Nations Security Council’s vote in favor of a resolution condemning Israeli activity in the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem. Israel rejects this shameful anti-Israel resolution at the UN and will not abide by...

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