US-Israel tensions rise as Washington backs UNSC settlement condemnation
The US typically blocks such moves, but it allowed the issue to move forward given its frustration with Israel over its authorization of 9 new settlements.
US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield addresses the UN Security Council as it meets to discuss the issue of Israeli settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory at UN headquarters in New York City, New York, US, February 20, 2023. (photo credit: Mike Segar/Reuters)ByTOVAH LAZAROFFUpdated:
