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Delegitimize israel in international fora. we strongly opposed these initiatives including the recent wholly unbalanced and inflammatory unesco resolution regarding jerusalem. we have made clear our strong opposition to palestinian efforts against israel at the icc which only sets back the prospects for peace. we all understand that the palestinian authority has a lot more to do to strengthen its institutions and improve governance. most troubling of all, hamas continues to pursue an extremist agenda. they refuse to accept israel's very right to exist. they have a one-state vision of their own...

Initiatives. including the recent unesco resolution regarding jerusalem. we have made clear our strong opposition to palestinian efforts against israel at the icc. which only sets back the prospects for peace. there is a lot more to do to strengthen its institutions and improve governance. most troubling of all, hamas continues to pursue an extremist agenda. they refuse to accept israel's very right to exist. they have a one-state vision of their own. all of the land is palestine. hamas and other radical factions are responsible for the most explicit forums of incitement to violence and many o...

Alone the council passed six resolutions that israel opposed including one that endorsed a plan calling for a complete freeze on settlements including natural growth. let me read you the lead paragraph from a "new york times" story dated december 23. i quote, with the united states abstaining the security council adopted a resolution today strongly deploring israel's handling of the disturbances in the occupied territories which the resolution defined as including jerusalem. all of the 14 other security council members voted in favor. my friends, that story was not written last week. it was wr...