"The 14-1 vote failed after US Amb. Susan Rice raised her hand alone to vote in opposition to the resolution, which had co-sponsors, including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia, Serbia, China, etc. Rice said the U.S. veto should not be misunderstood as U.S. support for Israeli settlement activity. "On the contrary, we reject in the strongest possible terms the legitimacy of continued settlement activity," Rice told the Security Council after the vote...."
Friday, February 18, 2011
Whad'Ya Know? The US vetoes a resolution declaring Israeli settlement activity illegal
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Soon, Israel will be only one of very few oppressors of Arab people left in the region, and the only nation on earth running a violently enforced colonial settler movement. The settlements are abhorred the world over, are illegal, and must be ended for good, whether or not the Obama administration has the integrity to decry them or not.
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