U.S. Allows UN Security Council to Condemn Israeli Settlements by Abstaining

Instead of casting a veto to support Israel, as it almost always does on council resolutions on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the U.S. abstained

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    UNKNOWN MALE: “The council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. I should put the draft resolution to the vote now. Will those in favor of the draft resolution contained in document [indecipherable] 1100 please raise their hand. Those against. Abstentions. The result of the voting is as follows: 14 votes in favor, 1 abstention. The draft resolution has been adopted as resolution 2334.”