presidents, trump has jumped into both feet into one of the most difficult foreign policy issues for any president, the israeli-palestinian conflict. the president-elect has been working the phones, calling world leaders to scuttle an anti-israel resolution at the u.n. >> reporter: just hours before the u.n. security council was set to vote on a resolution, calling for israel to stop building settlements, calling them a violation of international law, the ballot was abruptly called off. cnn learned that president obama was prepared to let that resolution pass, either by abstaining or voting in favor of that. the u.s. has seen settlements as an obstacle to the peace process, but has never voted against israel in a u.n. vote. this is really a parting shot at israel's prime minister beng ming netanyahu, and the