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Source: http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2011/02/20/another-peace-process-trifecta/
Another Peace Process Trifecta
(Commentary) Rick Richman - At the UN, the administration tried to replace an anti-Israel resolution with an anti-Israel presidential statement and then issued an anti-Israel ambassadorial statement. The U.S. traditionally vetoes one-sided UN resolutions. You don't single out settlements as an alleged "obstacle to peace" without also mentioning the Palestinian ones: the failure to dismantle terrorist groups (one of them rules Gaza); an unelected "Authority" without the legitimacy to speak for the people; the unwillingness to recognize a Jewish state even in a final agreement; the insistence on indefensible borders; the assertion of a deal-breaking "right of return." It is hard to remember the last time anyone achieved the trifecta of offending each side while embarrassing oneself in the process.