(Nov. 10, 2024 / JNS)
In the waning days of Barack Obama’s presidency, Washington abstained from, rather than vetoing, a U.N. Security Council vote calling for an immediate halt of Israeli construction in eastern Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria. The resolution opened the door for boycotts of Israel, by calling on states “to distinguish, in their relevant dealings, between the territory of the State of Israel and the territories occupied since 1967.”
JNS asked the U.S. State Department whether a December surprise—like Obama’s, which many saw as a betrayal of the Jewish state and the result of personal animosity between the then-U.S. president and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—might be in store for Israel at the Security Council.
“You should not read into this answer I’m about to give one way or the other,” Matthew Miller, the department spokesman, told JNS during a Thursday press briefing, in which he didn’t close the door on a potential high-profile snub of Israel.
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In the waning days of Barack Obama’s presidency, Washington abstained from, rather than vetoing, a U.N. Security Council vote calling for an immediate halt of Israeli construction in eastern Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria. The resolution opened the door for boycotts of Israel, by calling on states “to distinguish, in their relevant dealings, between the territory of the State of Israel and the territories occupied since 1967.”
JNS asked the U.S. State Department whether a December surprise—like Obama’s, which many saw as a betrayal of the Jewish state and the result of personal animosity between the then-U.S. president and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—might be in store for Israel at the Security Council.
“You should not read into this answer I’m about to give one way or the other,” Matthew Miller, the department spokesman, told JNS during a Thursday press briefing, in which he didn’t close the door on a potential high-profile snub of Israel.
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US leaves door open for December surprise at UN Security Council - JNS.org
A State Department spokesman said that Foggy Bottom will “make our judgments” based on U.S. interests on any potential abstentions on votes at the global body.
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