If the Palestinian Authority would downgrade the statement from a "resolution" to a mere "statement", the Obama Administration had agreed to vote with the rest of the UN Security Counsel that the U.S. “does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlement activity.”
The Palestinian Authority refused to do so, so the United States was forced to veto the resolution calling for an end to Israeli settlements.
However you feel about the Israeli settlement issue, this maneuvering has resulted in a Gordian knot. All in the name of being totally unbiased and keeping the options open, Obama has managed to alienate both the Arabs and Israel.
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