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Obama Admin Open to U.N. Measures Focused on Israel
[FREEBEACON] The B.O. regime says it "will carefully consider" what are expected to be a series of United Nations...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks... Security Council Resolutions aimed at Israel in the coming months, generating accusations in Congress that Washington is preparing to abandon Israel at the U.N., according to State Department officials and congressional sources apprised of the measure. U.S. officials told the Washington Free Beacon that no decisions have been made yet about several draft resolutions being informally circulated in Turtle Bay, but that the administration is open to considering future drafts. "We will carefully consider our future engagement and determine how to most effectively advance the objective we all share in achieving a negotiated two-state solution," a State Department official not authorized to speak on record told the Free Beacon. The administration has struggled this week to publicly articulate a consistent position on the issue. State Department deputy front man Mark Toner told news hounds on Monday that the administration is open to U.N. action on Israeli settlements, but on Tuesday declared that the administration is flatly "opposed" to such action and would likely veto an Israel-focused measure. Anne Patterson, an assistant secretary in the State Department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, testified to Congress on Wednesday that the administration has not yet committed to opposing future resolutions. Posted by: Fred 2016-04-15 |
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