UN Mideast envoy asks Security Council to lead on Israel

President Barack Obama has been clear this week about his impatience with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s comments shortly before the Israeli elections that he would not allow the establishment of a Palestinian state on his watch.

Netanyahu has struck a conciliatory tone since the elections. But Obama has said he will reassess US policy toward Israel after Netanyahu’s remarks, meaning that the Security Council could be a potential place to take action on the decades-long conflict.

The council has long been blocked from taking action on the crisis, as United States is a top Israeli ally whose veto power as a permanent council member has been used to protect Israel for years. In late December, the council rejected a Palestinian resolution demanding an end to Israeli presence in the West Bank within three years.

 

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