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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Dec 26, 2016, 03:56 PM Dec 2016

Israel: humbled Netanyahu places hopes in Trump

JERUSALEM — The Israeli government's furious reaction to the U.N. Security Council's adoption of a resolution opposing Jewish settlements in occupied territory underscores its fundamental and bitter dispute with the international community about the future of the West Bank and east Jerusalem.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists that there is nothing wrong with his controversial policy of building Jewish towns in occupied areas that the Palestinians, with overwhelming world support, claim for their state. But Friday's U.N. rebuke was a stark reminder that the rest of the world considers it a crime. The embattled leader is now placing his hopes in the incoming administration of Donald Trump, which is shaping up as the first major player to embrace Israel's nationalist right and its West Bank settlements.

In a series of statements, Netanyahu has criticized the Obama Administration for letting Resolution 2334 pass Friday by abstaining, using unprecedented language that has turned a policy disagreement into a personal vendetta.

"From the information that we have, we have no doubt that the Obama Administration initiated it, stood behind it, coordinated on the wording and demanded that it be passed," Netanyahu told his Cabinet on Sunday.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/israel-humbled-netanyahu-places-hopes-in-trump/ar-BBxxG7v?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=edgsp

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Syria still supports Hezbollah. no_hypocrisy Dec 2016 #1

no_hypocrisy

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1. Syria still supports Hezbollah.
Mon Dec 26, 2016, 04:00 PM
Dec 2016

How will Trump react if Hezbollah starts attacking Israel again? He'd have to choose between Netanyahu and Putin.

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