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Top Democrat Slams Obama's "Parting Shot" at Israel
(PJ Media) Bridget Johnson - The top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), told MSNBC on Tuesday that "it's not a matter of whether you're for settlements or against settlements" - the U.S. should have stood up for Israel at the UN Security Council. "What's important is regardless of how one feels about settlements, the fact is, the United Nations never gives Israel a fair break." "Israel relies on the United States to block the most onerous of resolutions against them. And we didn't do it and I think it was a mistake....Israel's the only democracy in the Middle East and it's a strong ally of the United States. And at a time when half a million people are dying in Syria, there's all kinds of genocide in South Sudan, all over the world, all the Security Council can do, with U.S. acquiesce, is censure Israel for settlements? I mean, give me a break."