A former Obama administration official said the administration orchestrated the delaying of a controversial anti-Israel United Nations resolution until after the 2016 presidential election, knowing it would pass when the United States abstained.
The official’s claim contradicts on-the-record denials by Obama administration officials, who attacked critics at the time who suggested they were involved in its drafting.
Speaking anonymously to the New York Times, the official said the White House feared putting pressure on Hillary Clinton to either condemn or defend the resolution against Israeli settlements and potentially upset Jewish donors during her election fight against Donald Trump. The U.S. decision to abstain on U.N. Security Council resolution 2334 was widely viewed as a parting shot by Obama at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“There is a reason the U.N. vote did not come up before the election in November,” the former official said, in a portion of the report flagged by Jewish Insider. “Was it because you were going to lose voters to Donald Trump? No. It was because you were going to have skittish donors. That, and the fact that we didn’t want Clinton to face pressure to condemn the resolution or be damaged by having to defend it.”
The official said fear of donor wrath dictated not only “what was done but what was not done, and what was not even contemplated.”
Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro strongly denied the anonymous quote, telling Jewish Insider it was a “garbage claim” and the administration, as it professed at the time, was caught by surprise by the Egyptian-Palestinian drafted resolution.
The U.N. Security Council voted 14-0 on Resolution 2334 on Dec. 23, 2016, to demand a halt to settlement construction in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, deeming both areas to be illegally occupied by Israel. East Jerusalem is home to the Western Wall of the Temple Mount, a Jewish holy site.
U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power could have killed the resolution with the veto power of a permanent member, but she essentially voted yes by abstaining, delighting the Palestinian Authority and infuriating Israel. more here
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What did barry and the deep state try not to do in order to get hellary elected? And despite all their efforts she still lost, no wonder they’re pissed. Thank you deplorables for electing Donald Trump as President over all the other gutless, weenie GOPEE candidates and hellary.