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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, we've 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 criminal court. >> what this resolution just did is it gave the palestinians ammunition in their d...

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, i'm 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 resolution. can you feel the passion in the words there? he goes on to say the egyptians are ones moved f...

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 you've 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 internationally that this was a deliberate push by the united states and in the fact they helped create t...

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 israel's back? let's watch. >> it's just not backed up by the record. we just concluded a $38 billion ten year mou for security assistance to israel. we've had unprecedented security cooperation under this administration. the fact of the matter is -- you know from this covering the issue -- we have expressed grave concern about continued israeli settlement ...

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 we'll 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 today underscores a radical shift in u.s. policy. for the first time now in nearly four decades the uni...