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Obama's Parting Betrayal of Israel
(Wall Street Journal) John Bolton - UN Security Council Resolution 2334, a measure ostensibly about Israeli settlement policy, is clearly intended to tip the peace process toward the Palestinians. President Obama argues that Resolution 2334 continues a bipartisan American policy toward the Middle East. It does precisely the opposite. The White House has abandoned any pretense that the actual parties to the conflict must resolve their differences. Instead, the president has essentially endorsed the Palestinian politico-legal narrative. Obama has rendered America complicit in assaulting Israel. The writer, a former U.S. ambassador to the UN, is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.