4 Things to Know About the Dec. 23 UN Resolution Against Israel
The move has divided Jewish Democrats, including some who have been strong Obama supporters
Alan Dershowitz, professor emeritus at Harvard Law School, has been one of the fiercest critics of this recent action.
In a Monday Fox News interview, Dershowitz recounted that when Obama called him into the Oval Office to solicit his support for president prior to the 2012 election, he promised to always have Israel's back.
"I didn't realize what he meant is that would have his back to stab them in the back," Dershowitz said.
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"I supported his domestic policy, I liked him on Supreme Court appointments. But he created a terrible conflict for people, many like me, liberal Democrats who support his domestic policy but think he was an appalling, appalling, president when it came to foreign policy," he continued.
Former DNC head and Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz also criticized the move.
Following the vote she said on her website, "It is baffling and unacceptable that the Obama administration would abstain on this blatant attempt to internationalize this conflict and perpetuate the UN's atrocious and biased record against our only true and dependable ally in the Middle East, the state of Israel. Simply put, today's vote did nothing to bring us any closer to a lasting peace. Instead, it has accomplished just the opposite."
Yet others have praised the move as a positive development. J Street, a liberal Jewish advocacy group that is an ardent proponent of the two-state solution, welcomed the resolution.
"The resolution is consistent with longstanding bipartisan American policy, which includes strong support for the two-state solution, and clear opposition to irresponsible and damaging actions, including Palestinian incitement and terror as well as Israeli settlement expansion and home demolitions," the group wrote on their Facebook page.
