A Crying Shame
Although the US government’s response to the UN Security Council vote condemning Israeli settlements may be forgotten by many, it will long be remembered – by those involved in the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, and by Jews. To be factual and fair, in 1987 the Reagan Administration similarly abstained from UN Security Council 605 which included Jerusalem in the Arab territories occupied by Israel. The reasoning for that abstention was just as weak as it is for this one—wit
