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Jerusalem as well, telling his cabinet, quote, according to our information, we have no doult the obama administration initiated it, the resolution, stoond behind it, coordinated it, coordinated the wording and demanding it be passed. the white house, for its part, has denied that allegation. im joined by molly hooper, congressional reporter at the hill, and ozzy, senior writer at politico, new york. thank you for being with me. molly, let me start with you down there in washington. the u.s. abs...

Salt it or you deal with the consequences of it. >> dr. zomlot, thank you for ending on that hopeful message and for joining me on this christmas day from ramallah, i really appreciate it. >> merry christmas. >> thank you. you, too. and we just heard from benjamin netanyahu who is weighing in on the issue of the u.s. abstaining from the vote in the u.n. this week. take a listen. >> over decades, american administrations and israeli governments have disagreed about settlements but we agreed that ...

Netanyahu said the obama administration failed to protect israel but colluded with it behind the scones. over the years, the presidents administration is critical of the israeliy settlements and saying they are counterproductive to it peace talks. abstaining from the vote was in line with the presidents policy. >> we cant champion expanding settlements and a two state solution. one has to make a choice between settlements and separation. >> reporter: back lash continues from democrat and republi...

Administration they exercised -- they abstained or they voted against or they acted against israel at the united nations when george w. bush, it happened at his administration a dpu times. george h.w. bush a few types. ronald reagan, his administration several times. so why is president obama getting a worse rap for it than his predecessor. >> past presidents republican and democrat had their moments where they werent exactly friendly in terms of policy. so this isnt completely out of bounds. bu...

New diplomatic fallout after a controversial u.n. resolution passes despite pressure from israel and president elect trump. it condemns the settlements in the west bank. the vote was 14 in favor with the u.s. abstaining. u.s. ambassador to the u.n. argued it is consistent with years of u.s. policy. >> the security council reaffirmed the established consensus that settlements have no legal validity. the united states has been sending the message that the settlements must stop, privately and publi...

While palestinian president mahmoud abbas said it was a big blow to policy. benjamin netanyahu released a statement, quote, israel rejects this shameful anti-israel resolution at the u.n. and will not abide by its terms at a time when the security council is not doing anything to stop the slaughter of half a million people in syria, it disgracefully gangs up on the one true democracy in the middle east, israel, and calls the western wall occupied territory. the resolution passed 14 votes to 0 wi...

Intervened and said the u.s. should veto the resolution instead the u.s. under barack obama chose to abstain from the vote joining us is steve hilton ceo of crowd pack. this is a pretty clear contrast between world views, styles of running the u.s. government, et cetera. what is the obama administrations decision to stay out of this, tell us about them and their priorities. >> quite a lot, actually, when i heard the news, tucker, do you know what came to my mind is actually hillary clinton testi...

Ambassador of the u.n. samantha power said after abstaining from the vote. listen to this. >> israeli settlement activity in territories occupied in 1967 up undermines israels security. harms the viability of a negotiated two-state outcome. and erodes prospects for peace and stability in the region. today, the security council reaffirmed its established consensus that settlements have no legal valladaliditvalidity. the united states has been sending a message that the settlements must top public...

Israels occupation is illegitima illegitimate, therefore it has no land to give back in exchange for peace. contrary to what the obama administration has said, this puts a huge thumb on the scale against israel. it does go to final status. it does affect israels security. it undermines it in profound ways. the consequences of this resolution are going to be felt for many many years, all negative on israel and substantially negative on the united states itself. >> and lets be clear. there was qui...

The u.s. refuses to veto a controversial u.n. resolution despite pressure from israel and president-elect trump. the resolution condemns of construction of israeli settlements. the vote was 14 in favor with the u.s. abstaining. benjamin netanyahu railed against the resolution saying the obama not only failed to protect israel it colluded with the behind of scenes. israel looks forward to working with president-elect trump and all our friends in congress to negate the harmful effects of this reso...