President-elect Donald Trump is criticizing the Obama administration’s decision to allow the U.N. Security Council to condemn Israeli settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem.
He says in a tweet: “As to the U.N., things will be different after Jan. 20th.” That’s the day he will be inaugurated as president.
In a striking rupture with past practice, the United States allowed the U.N. Security Council on Friday to condemn the settlements as a “flagrant violation” of international law. In doing so, the Obama administration brushed aside Trump’s demands that the U.S. exercise its veto and provided a climax to years of icy relations with Israel’s leadership.
(AP)