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United Nations Report: Israeli Settlement Plan Isolates U.S. in Security Council, General Assembly
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United Nations Report: Israeli Settlement Plan Isolates U.S. In Security Council, General Assembly
Back in the 1950s, frustrated by unreasonable Soviet vetoes, the U.S. and its allies pioneered a procedure they called "Uniting for Peace." It allowed issues blocked by a Security Council veto to be taken to the General Assembly, thus thwarting the U.N. Charter that explicitly bars the Assembly from discussing matters that the Council is dealing with.
Hence the ironic grin on the face of Nasser Al-Kidwa, the Palestinian representative to the U.N., when he told the Security Council, following the 71st U.S. veto, that he was taking the issue of Israeli construction in East …
