<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">NYTimes.com News Alert</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nytdirect@nytimes.com" target="_blank">nytdirect@nytimes.com</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 1:42 PM<br>Subject: Breaking News: The U.S. abstained in a U.N. vote against Israel's settlement policy, defying calls to veto from Israel and Donald Trump<br>To: <a href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a><br><br><br>
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<td align="left" style="padding:5px 0 0 0"><a class="m_212938935508311011m_719219786652969325large-headline" href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=4z5Q7LhI+KVBjmEgFdYACPLKh239P3pg1/LsSf2+gaWFrsVx796OFz3q73Mn5RDyCWqf6T9nx3jKYscaHK/2mf0gNrIV4UXjtoR9xxHQchy+bbJVxJrD2oW+Ockj4gmLqyxsUWW1c9mu1kffsZO9evCBD/qsO+r4&campaign_id=132&instance_id=88636&segment_id=100314&user_id=99fd85024c84fbb31e97c2a078406236®i_id=58677638" style="color:#333;font-family:georgia,times new roman,sans-serif;font-size:36px;line-height:38px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">The U.S. abstained in a U.N. vote against Israel’s settlement policy, defying calls to veto from Israel and Donald Trump</a></td>
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furious lobbying by Israel, the Obama administration on Friday allowed the
United Nations Security Council to adopt a contentious resolution that condemned
Israeli settlement construction.</td></tr>
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