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Post by bot on Dec 23, 2016 19:46:28 GMT -5
UN condemns Israeli settlements as Obama declines to veto by By EDITH M. LEDERER, BRADLEY KLAPPER and JOSEF FEDERMAN UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- In a striking rupture with past practice, the United States allowed the U.N. Security Council on Friday to condemn Israeli settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem as a "flagrant violation" of international law. In doing so, the outgoing Obama administration brushed aside Donald Trump's demands that the U.S. exercise its veto and provided a climax to years of icy relations with Israel's leadership.... hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/UN_ISRAEL_UNITED_NATIONS?SITE=NYWNE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
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