UN condemns Israeli settlements as Obama declines to veto by By EDITH M. LEDERER, BRADLEY KLAPPER and JOSEF FEDERMAN Friday December 23rd, 2016 at 4:19 PM Puerto Rico News - Selected Feeds Review 1 Share 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....
UN condemns Israeli settlements as Obama declines to vet o by By EDITH M. LEDERER, BRADLEY KLAPPER and JOSEF FEDERMAN Friday December 23 rd , 2016 at 4:19 PM Puerto Rico News - Selected Feeds Review 1 Share 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.... Following the unanimous approval of United Nations Security ...