We Veto UN SC Resolution Re US Embassy Move

For John, BLUF:  And rightfully so.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Haley Slams UN for 'Ugly Creation' of Jewish 'Blacklist' as U.S. Vetoes Jerusalem Resolution

From Pajama Media, by Reporter Bridget Johnson, 18 December 2017.

Here is the lede plus one:

Ambassador Nikki Haley today accused the United Nations of empowering the creation of a Jewish "blacklist, plain and simple" with last December's passage of a resolution condemning Israel for West Bank and east Jerusalem settlements.

Her comments came in a Security Council meeting in which the U.S. vetoed a draft resolution, with 14 voting in favor, that condemned the Trump administration's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and discouraged other countries from moving diplomatic facilities there.

The United States abstained in a Dec. 23, 2016, vote on settlements instead of defending Israel in the final weeks of the Obama administration.  The vote on the resolution drafted by Egypt, which demanded Israel "immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the 'occupied' Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem," was 14 in favor in addition to the U.S. abstention.

The thing is, the old way was not moving the ball down the field.  Will the new way?  We don't know, but it is a possibility.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff