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December 29, 2016

After Allowing Anti-Israel UN Resolution to Pass, White House Claims Obama Will Veto Other Anti-Israel Resolutions

Deputy National Security Adviser For Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes (File photo)
"President Barack Obama will not allow any further United Nations measures critical of Israel to pass during the remainder of his term, deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes promised on Wednesday.

When asked by CNN's Jake Tapper if Secretary of State John Kerry had indicated in his speech earlier Wednesday that the US would veto any other potential UN resolution that may come forward during the rest of Obama's presidency, Rhodes said 'yes.'

Since the anti-settlements resolution passed in the Security Council last Friday, Israel has expressed concern that another measure may come up before the international body for a vote and that the US may once again refrain from using its veto power.

Following Kerry's speech Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a bitter response, noted that 'the United States, if it's true to its word, or at least if it's now true to its word, should now come out and say we will not allow any resolutions, any more resolutions in the Security Council on Israel. Period. Not we will bring or not bring – we will not allow any (further resolutions), and stop this game, the charades.'..."
Date
December 29, 2016
Title
White House: Obama will Veto Any Other UN Resolution Critical of Israel, The Times of Israel
Author(s)
Eric Cortellessa
Original Source
http://www.timesofisrael.com/white-house-obama-will-veto-any-other-un-resolution-critical-of-israel/
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