TRUMP: Keep me strong, Israel, January 20, will quickly

Israel has for Palestinian diplomatic relations went sour with the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Russia and eight other member states of the Security Council

Israel has formally what soured diplomatic relations with 12 countries in the Security Council on Friday voted for the resolution condemning the construction of new Jewish settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory. Calling the resolution shameful, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized the United States, and the outgoing administration of President Barack Obama, due to the non-exploitation of the American veto.

"Wisely and aggressively"

As part of the harsh Israeli reaction to the UN Security Council resolution, a Jerusalem city authorities planned yesterday to approve a building permit for the construction of another 618 apartments in the eastern part of the city dominated by the Palestinian population, but Netanyahu has asked the city authorities to delay the adoption of this decision until not hear what outgoing US statesman Secretary John Kerry has to say in his speech yesterday announced a new attempt to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.Kerry said late Croatian time planned to deliver a speech in which he tried to revive the peace process based on the idea of two states, Israel and Palestine, that would build peaceful coexistence.

However, although the postponement of building permits for new Jewish settlements in the Palestinian part of Jerusalem signaled that he wants (at least briefly) listen as leaving the Obama administration has to say, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in recent days, after the adoption of the resolution in the UN, made it clear that eager to Obama leaves the White house and to get into it moves Donald Trump. The newly elected US president, whose inauguration is scheduled for January 20, openly lobbied against Obama and Kerry's decision to leave the United States abstained in the vote in the Security Council. Trump wanted the United States (as many times before) veto and prevent the adoption of the resolution which was voted 14 other permanent and non-permanent members of the Security Council of the UN. Israel immediately lowered the level of diplomatic relations working with 12 members, and the other two, Venezuela and Malaysia, which had reduced because with them and has no diplomatic relations.

- Israel is a country with national pride and we do not turn the other cheek. We react wisely, aggressively and responsibly, which is a natural reaction that makes it clear to all nations around the world that it is not acceptable to us what happened at the UN - said Prime Minister Netanyahu.

Donald Trump yesterday on Twitter endorsed Netanyahu and criticized Obama.

- We can not allow such contempt and disrespect toward Israel. In the United States used to have a great friend, but no longer. It started very bad agreement with Iran, and now this with the UN. Stay strong, Israel, January 20, will quickly come - said Trump.

And Western Wall "occupied"

Israeli Prime Minister accused the Obama administration not only for the fact that "failed to protect Israel from the association (his opponents) in the UN than it is secretly supported". We can not wait to start work with Trump and our friends in Congress, said Netanyahu, who in recent years with Obama did not have the best attitude, but the adoption of this resolution in the Security Council-the UN that the attitude touched the lowest point.

In the unusual situation that the elected president is lobbying at the UN against the policy is still the current president of the United States, Donald Trump persuaded Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi that Egypt withdrew the draft resolution. However, after Egypt did, unexpected turn occurred when New Zealand, Senegal, Venezuela and Malaysia took over the Egyptian plan and pushed it to the vote as a proposal.

The United States in 2011 in the Security Council vetoed a similar resolution was planning to condemn Israel for building settlements in the territory which, in the case of the peace settlement with two states, went to a Palestinian state.However, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and his compatriots is particularly hurt by the fact that the Security Council resolution's UN, which has now passed with American restraint, "occupied territory" is considered the Western Wall, the holiest site of Judaism. Israel has diplomatic relations now limited to UK, France, Spain, Russia, Ukraine, China, Japan, Angola, Egypt, Uruguay, Senegal and New Zealand.

The international community government "consensus" against the construction
Not counting Israel, the international community government "consensus" against further construction of settlements in areas that would be the subject of negotiations, planned in yesterday's speech emphasized John Kerry, reports the New York Times. Kerry for a solution that would involve the two states, and then to the summit of foreign ministers of several influential countries in Paris on January 15 confirmed that approach to solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

• 30 Dec, 2016
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