U.S. To Join UN Security Council Statement Rebuking Israel Over Settlements

Foreign Policy reports that the "U.S. informed Arab governments Tuesday that it will support a U.N. Security Council statement reaffirming that the 15-nation body 'does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlement activity,' a move aimed at avoiding the prospect of having to veto a stronger Palestinian resolution calling the settlements illegal."

What kind of nonsense is this? There is no reason the US can't oppose and veto both the resolutions. With the situation in Egypt on a precarious edge, Iran cracking down on protesters, Hezbollah controlling Lebanon, and more, it makes little sense for now to be the time to join resolutions condemning Israel. Tweet