In the wake of the U.S. abstention on the U.N. Security Council Resolution 2334 vote on December 23^rd and Secretary of State John Kerry’s December 28^th speech at the State Department, there have been a tidal wave of articles, opinion pieces and critiques. The following analyses provide what we believe are some of the most thoughtful insights into the implications of the resolution’s passage and the developing situation. We will continue to follow the Administration’s remarks leading up to the January 15 international peace conference in Paris, and will provide resources accordingly.

Text of UN Security Council Resolution 2334

JFNA’s Response to U.S. Administration’s Abstention in UN Security Council Vote

Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA) – Amb. Alan Baker – The Dangers of UN Security Council Resolution 2334 (2016)

Times of Israel – David Horovitz – Netanyahu Goes to War with the World

The Forward – JJ Goldberg – Actually this UN Resolution is Much Better than 71 Others the US Allowed to Pass

Brookings Institute – Natan Sachs – What’s new and what’s not in the U.N. resolution on Israeli settlements

Times of Israel – Jeremy Burton blog – Misguided Inaction Makes Peacemaking Even Harder

John Kerry’s Speech and Reactions

• Full Text of Secretary of State John Kerry’s Speech 12/28/16
• Times of Israel – Full Text of Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Response to Kerry Speech
• David Makovsky – Ziegler Distinguished Fellow at the Washington Institute – Analysis of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s December 28 speech and its Implications – recording of JFNA/JCPA December 29 conference call
• AIPAC Statement on Secretary Kerry’s Speech
• The New York Times – Thomas L. Friedman – Bibi Netanyahu Makes Trump His Chump

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