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The U.S. informed Arab governments Tuesday that it will support a U.N. Security Council statement reaffirming that the 15-nation body "does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlement activity," a move aimed at avoiding the prospect of having to veto a stronger Palestinian resolution calling the settlements illegal.
But the Palestinians rejected the American offer following a meeting late Wednesday of Arab representatives and said it is planning to press for a vote on its resolution on Friday, according to officials familar with the issue. The decision to reject the American offer raised the prospect that the Obama adminstration will cast its first ever veto in the U.N. Security Council.
Still, the U.S. offer signaled a renewed willingness to seek a way out of the current impasse, even if it requires breaking with Israel and joining others in the council in sending a strong message to its key ally to stop its construction of new settlements. The Palestinian delegation, along with Lebanon, the Security Council's only Arab member state, have asked the council's president this evening to schedule a meeting for Friday. But it remained unclear whether the Palestinian move today to reject the U.S. offer is simply a negotiating tactic aimed at extracting a better deal from Washington.
Arabs extracting better deals from Washington has become a staple has it not?
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Comments (16)
new settlements ... in the... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Jeff | February 17, 2011 7:42 AM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
new settlements ... in their capital city ... right ...
1. Posted by Jeff | February 17, 2011 7:42 AM |
Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Posted on February 17, 2011 07:42
2. Posted by tomg51 | February 17, 2011 7:55 AM | Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
and the camel's nose gets into the tent...
2. Posted by tomg51 | February 17, 2011 7:55 AM |
Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Posted on February 17, 2011 07:55
3. Posted by Matt | February 17, 2011 9:52 AM | Score: 10 (10 votes cast)
What great timing! The middle east is becoming more unstable and the administration thinks NOW is a good time to rebuke Israel? What eer happened to rebuking our allies quietly in private and our enemies loudly in public? The only true democracy in the middle east and Obama wants to sell them out. What a friggin' moron, apologies to morons.
3. Posted by Matt | February 17, 2011 9:52 AM |
Score: 10 (10 votes cast)
Posted on February 17, 2011 09:52
4. Posted by jim m | February 17, 2011 9:57 AM | Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
Matt,
This administration thinks that it is always a good time to betray our allies.
4. Posted by jim m | February 17, 2011 9:57 AM |
Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
Posted on February 17, 2011 09:57
5. Posted by GarandFan | February 17, 2011 9:59 AM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Obama veto a UN resolution? When did The One grow a set?
5. Posted by GarandFan | February 17, 2011 9:59 AM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on February 17, 2011 09:59
6. Posted by 914 | February 17, 2011 10:30 AM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
"Present!"
6. Posted by 914 | February 17, 2011 10:30 AM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on February 17, 2011 10:30
7. Posted by macofromoc | February 17, 2011 10:31 AM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Can we now call this administration "The Mistake"
7. Posted by macofromoc | February 17, 2011 10:31 AM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on February 17, 2011 10:31
8. Posted by 914 | February 17, 2011 11:10 AM | Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Barry and crew hate Joos, Palin/Bush/Cheney/McHaliburton and the Tea party Express in a fashion remniscient of Ghengis Khan.
8. Posted by 914 | February 17, 2011 11:10 AM |
Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Posted on February 17, 2011 11:10
9. Posted by PBunyan | February 17, 2011 11:15 AM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
As more of the pieces of the puzzle fall into place it's become clear that Obama actually is Al-Mahdi, the 12 Imam.
After he finishing his fundamental transformation of the US into a third world cesspool, and with the power of the newly unified 57 states of the Muslim empire (hence the Freudian slip back in '08) he will rule the world and bring communism and sharia law to all.
On the plus side Michelle's mean and ugly face will be covered with a burka.
9. Posted by PBunyan | February 17, 2011 11:15 AM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on February 17, 2011 11:15
10. Posted by TaterSalad | February 17, 2011 11:24 AM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Need any more proof that this President is a closet Muslim? The proof is now in the puddin'!
10. Posted by TaterSalad | February 17, 2011 11:24 AM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on February 17, 2011 11:24
11. Posted by TaterSalad | February 17, 2011 11:25 AM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Please........2012 can not get here fast enough!
11. Posted by TaterSalad | February 17, 2011 11:25 AM |
Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Posted on February 17, 2011 11:25
12. Posted by Olsoljer | February 17, 2011 1:01 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Never let a good crisis go to waste?
Obama, never misses an opportunity to sell the US down the toilet.
12. Posted by Olsoljer | February 17, 2011 1:01 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on February 17, 2011 13:01
13. Posted by Les Nessman | February 17, 2011 1:51 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
"Israel became a nation in 1312 B.C.E., two thousand years before the rise of Islam.
For over 3,300 years, Jerusalem has been the Jewish capital. Jerusalem has never been the capital of any Arab or Muslim entity. Even when the Jordanians occupied Jerusalem, they never sought to make it their capital, and Arab leaders did not come to visit."
- comment from the linked Turtle Bay site.
And yet "the 15-nation body "does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlement activity" "
13. Posted by Les Nessman | February 17, 2011 1:51 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on February 17, 2011 13:51
14. Posted by Jim Addison | February 17, 2011 2:30 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Obama obviously prefers marxists and islamists to American allies.
Unfortunately for our country, most of the once-proud Democratic Party now agrees with him in standing against American interests everywhere in the world.
14. Posted by Jim Addison | February 17, 2011 2:30 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on February 17, 2011 14:30
15. Posted by hcddbz | February 17, 2011 8:30 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Oh it was keep your friends CLOSE and your enemies closer. I thought it was CREAM your friends and keep your enemies close BHO to GW
15. Posted by hcddbz | February 17, 2011 8:30 PM |
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Posted on February 17, 2011 20:30
16. Posted by Atlanta Roofing | February 21, 2011 3:25 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
The US public does not need to believe anything, the Arabs need to recognize the state of Israel and decide that living in peace is better than a constant state of war, which unfortunately is only hurting themselves. When that happens, there will be no need for UN resolutions at all.
16. Posted by Atlanta Roofing | February 21, 2011 3:25 AM |
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Posted on February 21, 2011 03:25