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So there are a few different dynamics here. and this is a 19,000 dimensional chessboard. this could be a productive move. maybe the settlement development just for a short term could be suspended to help with some of our efforts. >> you do acknowledge it's a shift for this white house, though, and this president? >> yeah, you know, the administration hadn't indicated in the past that it would be requesting the suspension of developing additional settlements. >> they made a statement, with the pick he made for ambassador to israel. >> there's a history with the u.s. ambassador to israel in supp...

This morning. kristin fisher has more. >> abby, it's important to keep in mind this is a nonbinding resolution. it has no teeth. it's all guidelines and recommendations. but that could change. not only does this resolution demand that israel stop all settlement activity in the west bank. it also calls intoquestion, the legality of jewish prayer at the western wall, according to this resolution, the jewish quarter in the old city of jerusalem is occupied territory. the problems are it opens the door for potential boycotts of israeli products that are produced in jewish settlements in the west b...

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Ironclad information the u.s. secretly colluded with other countries to bring the resolution forward, but israelis have yet to produce any of this proof publicly and the obama administration vehemently denies the charge. white house deputy national security adviser ben rhodes went on israeli television last night to push back on netanyahu's pushback of the event as a shameful ambush. >> it's not an ambush when president obama and secretary kerry have been saying in hundreds of conversations and public comments that israeli settlement activity was pushing into the west bank in a way that was ma...

>> reporter: good evening. for the first time now in nearly four decades, the u.s. has failed to veto a u.n. security council resolution condemning israeli settlement activity. the u.s. officially abstained while the remaining 14 other members of the security council voted yes. the resolution calls for israel to immediately and completely cease all settlement activity in the palestinian territory, including east jerusalem. samantha power said the u.s. would veto any resolution undermining israel's security. she said the resolution voted on today did not meet the requirements for a u.s. veto. >...