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License to further unfetter settlement construction that we fundamentally opposed. so we reject the criticism that this vote abandons israel. on the contrary, it is not this resolution that is isolating israel, it is the permanent policy of settlement construction that risks making peace impossible. virtually every country in the world other than israel opposes settlements. that includes many of the friends of israel including the united kingdom, france, russia, all of whom voted for the settlem...

Of terrorism and stopping glorification of violence. we called on them to continue efforts to strengthen their own institutions and improve governance and transparity and accountability. we stress that the hamas arms buildup and militant activities in gaza must stop. along with our quartet partners, we have called on israel to end the policy of settlement construction and expansion, of taking land for exclusive israeli use and denyingç palestinian development. to reverse the current process, t...

Good time. so sad!" as for the israelis, they did more than tweet. cnns elise labott reports. >> reporter: israels prime minister benjamin netanyahu is escalating his attack against the obama administration, clearly still angry over the u.n. vote declaring israeli settlements illegal. >> friends dont take friends to the security council. >> reporter: netanyahu summoned the u.s. ambassador and has accused president obama and secretary of state john kerry of orchestrating what he called a shameful...

What the u.s. was considering, what are its options about laying out the speech with a vision that secretary of state kerry is supposed to do later this week. or other types of options. but they say the u.s. never really knew what this resolution was going to say and this is why they couldnt vote on it. kate what officials are saying is the very thing were seeing today, that the israelis are announcing new settlement construction, it was already in the pipeline, but now theyre going ahead, is th...

Resolution before the u.n. security council. the white house vehemently denying that. this as secretary of state john kerry prepares to outline a peace plan later this week. what will he say? elise labott broke the news in washington. she has more. this is a tough, tough situation, context, to deliver those remarks in. and frankly with the admission they just did not get nearly as far as they wanted to on this. >> reporter: thats right, poppy. as you said, the white house is vehemently denying t...

U.n. vote was a last resort, after struggling for the past eight years to convince israel to halt settlement construction on occupied lands the palestinians claim for their state. >> for years, weve seen an acceleration in the growth of these settlements. frankly, if these current trends continue, the two-state solution is going to be impossible. >> reporter: officials are now worried with u.n. backing, palestinians will push for sanctions, boycotts and take israeli soldiers to the international...

Suggestion somehow the u.s. has orchestrated this vote in the u.n. and pushed the resolution along. in fact if you listen to principle deputy white house press secretary eric shults, he is not mincing words. let me share a portion what he told fox news yesterday in a statement. he said in a statement, im quoting now, the u.s. did not draft the resolution nor did the u.s. introduce this resolution. the egyptians in partnership with the palestinians are ones circulating earlier draft of the resolu...

Resolution. the egyptians in partnership with the palestinians began circulating an earlier draft of the resolution and went on to add the egypt ans moved it forward on friday and we took the position that we did when it was put to a vote. but as youve also pointed out, gregg, israeli leaders continue to escalate their rhetoric saying they orchestrated the resolution that ended the settlement construction. >> well we have rather ironclad information from sources in both the arab world and intern...

Morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> happy holidays. >> ron, i want to start with you and what we heard from the deputy national security advisor in response to questions about if this is the white house showing that they do not have israels back? lets watch. >> its just not backed up by the record. we just concluded a $38 billion ten year mou for security assistance to israel. weve had unprecedented security cooperation under this administration. the fact of the matter is -- you know fro...

Thanks for joining us tonight. breaking tonight, an outpouring of outrage from some celebration from others. after president obama directs his u.n. ambassador to allow passage of an unprecedented united nations resolution condemning settlement construction in israel. in moments well speak with governor mike huckabee who is calling this a be trail of israel. first david lee miller has the latest from the united nations in new york city. >> reporter: sandra, some u.n. observers say the vote toda...