Diplomat Jim Patterson, credentialed, in the Brady Press Briefing Room, The White House.
Below is GOP Speaker Paul Ryan's forceful and supportive statement for Israel. GOP opposition to President Obama's interference in Israel's internal security affairs has been hugely problematical not only to U.S.-Israeli relations but to overall instability in the Middle East. President Obama delayed a Security Council vote on the issue until next year. President-elect Donald Trump also called on Obama to veto the U.N. Resolution. JEP
December 22, 2016
Statement on Anti-Israel UN Resolution
WASHINGTON—House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) issued the following statement on the upcoming UN Security Council vote on an anti-Israel resolution:
“These stunts at the UN serve only one purpose—to defame and delegitimize the democratic State of Israel. This resolution will undermine peace and mutual cooperation by pushing the parties further away from direct negotiations. The administration should veto it.”
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