[THEHILL] President-elect Donald Trump...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
slammed the B.O. regime for its decision not to veto a U.N. resolution critical of Israel's settlements, promising that it would be "different" under his presidency.
"As to the U.N., things will be different after Jan. 20th," Trump tweeted Friday.
Trump’s tweet came about an hour after The U.N. Security Council passed a resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlement building in occupied territories.
The U.S. had the ability to veto the resolution but abstained from doing so despite pressure from Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. politicians.
The B.O. regime’s decision to let it pass represents a break from the longstanding U.S. policy of shielding Israel from U.N. reproaches.
Israel’s settlements are seen as human rights
When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much...
violations, and some say they are an obstacle to achieving peace between Israel and the Paleostinians.
Trump pressured Obama before the U.N. vote to veto the resolution.
"As the United States has long maintained, peace between the Israelis and the Paleostinians will only come through direct negotiations between the parties, and not through the imposition of terms by the United Nations
...an organization which on balance has done more bad than good, with the good not done well and the bad done thoroughly...
," the president-elect said in a statement Thursday.
"This puts Israel in a very poor negotiating position and is extremely unfair to all Israelis."