Jan2017
12-27-2016, 08:20 AM
Trumps pick for ambassador to Israel sparks hot debate
The heated debate over Friedman's selection is playing out just as fresh tensions erupt between the U.S. and Israel.
In a stunning decision Friday, the Obama administration moved to allow the U.N. Security Council to pass a resolution condemning Israeli settlements as illegal. The move to abstain, rather than veto, defied years of U.S. tradition of shielding Israel from such resolutions
Presidents of both parties have long called for a two-state solution that envisions eventual Palestinian statehood, and Netanyahu says he agrees.
Friedman, who still must be confirmed by the Senate, does not. He's called the two-state solution a mere "narrative" that must end.
Netanyahu has stayed publicly quiet about Trump's pick. Friedman and Trump's transition team didn't respond to requests for comment.https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/trumps-pick-for-ambassador-to-israel-has-all-sides-on-edge/2016/12/26/817a8728-cb46-11e6-85cd-e66532e35a44_story.html?utm_term=.3af701b06b14
Well, also I'll add to stir the pot a bit more . . .
Does Israel finally become a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (aka NPT or even NNPT) (?) Or does USA vote as two years ago in the December 2014 General Assembly resolution - already lost 163-5 but Israel won't comply ? UN sanctions on Israel ?
If not, Trump is jus' pedaling backwards.
The heated debate over Friedman's selection is playing out just as fresh tensions erupt between the U.S. and Israel.
In a stunning decision Friday, the Obama administration moved to allow the U.N. Security Council to pass a resolution condemning Israeli settlements as illegal. The move to abstain, rather than veto, defied years of U.S. tradition of shielding Israel from such resolutions
Presidents of both parties have long called for a two-state solution that envisions eventual Palestinian statehood, and Netanyahu says he agrees.
Friedman, who still must be confirmed by the Senate, does not. He's called the two-state solution a mere "narrative" that must end.
Netanyahu has stayed publicly quiet about Trump's pick. Friedman and Trump's transition team didn't respond to requests for comment.https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/trumps-pick-for-ambassador-to-israel-has-all-sides-on-edge/2016/12/26/817a8728-cb46-11e6-85cd-e66532e35a44_story.html?utm_term=.3af701b06b14
Well, also I'll add to stir the pot a bit more . . .
Does Israel finally become a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (aka NPT or even NNPT) (?) Or does USA vote as two years ago in the December 2014 General Assembly resolution - already lost 163-5 but Israel won't comply ? UN sanctions on Israel ?
If not, Trump is jus' pedaling backwards.