Friday, December 23, 2016

US abstains at the UN: Obama found some political courage...in the last few days of his presidency. So don't get too excited

I am not a fan of the UN resolution (as it tries to achieve "balance" by condemning the right of the Palestinians to resist Israeli occupation and aggression under the banner of rejecting "terrorism" and by creating a fake moral and political distinction between Israeli occupation of West Bank and Jerusalem and Israeli occupation of 1948), but the Obama administration abstained. So let it be noted: Obama did find some political courage vis-a-vis Israel...in the last days of his presidency.  He does not deserve a blender for his political cowardice.