Israel 'deeply appreciates' US veto!

"... Israel said it was deeply grateful to the United States on Saturday after it vetoed a United Nations resolution put forward by the Palestinian leadership condemning Israeli settlement activity.... Israel was "prepared to pursue negotiations vigorously" and was "eager to get on" with Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, the premier's office said. The "decision by the US makes it clear that the only path to such a peace will come through direct negotiations and not through the decisions of international bodies," it continued...."

Actually Netanyahu is right: decisions of international bodies (UNSC res. 425) did not liberste Lebanon. A badly bruised IDF did!