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House Leaders Push for Obama Pledge to Veto Palestinian UN Resolution
(The Hill) Bridget Johnson - Key House leaders sent a letter to President Obama on Thursday urging that the U.S. veto a resolution at the UN Security Council that would declare any post-1967 Israeli settlements, including in east Jerusalem, illegal. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), along with House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), ranking member Howard Berman (D-Calif.), incoming Middle East subcommittee Chairman Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) and ranking member Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.), asked Obama to "pledge in response to this letter to veto any UN Security Council resolution that criticizes Israel regarding final status issues." "The passage of this resolution would simply isolate Israel and embolden the Palestinians to focus on further such pyrrhic victories, immeasurably setting back prospects for achieving real peace," the lawmakers wrote.