US-Israeli Relations: Is US Weighing UNSC Resolution?
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iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — After Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly reversed his commitment to a Palestinian state, the White House is not ruling out that the U.S. could turn to the United Nations to try to force a lasting two-state solution.
“Based on PM Netanyahu’s comments we will need to reevaluate our position and the way forward. We’re not going to get ahead of any decisions about what the United States would do with regard to potential action at the U.N. Security Council,” a senior administration official told ABC News.
It seems the U.S. may be inching closer toward supporting the U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a solution based on the pre-1967 border and mutually agreed swaps, as first reported by Foreign Policy.
Just Wednesday, the White House made clear it was “deeply concerned” by Netanyahu’s Likud party’s “divisive rhetoric that seeks to marginalize Arab-Israeli citizens.”
“It undermines the values and democratic ideals that have been important to our democracy and an important part of what binds the United States and Israel together,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters.
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