Obama's Embrace of Iran and Cuba Giving Palestinians Hope of US Support at Security Council

"With President Barack Obama in his last year in office, the Palestinians are hoping he will follow up his historic breakthroughs with Iran and Cuba with a push for their cause as well.

The first step is reintroducing a United Nations Security Council resolution the US vetoed back in 2011 seeking 'accountability' for Israeli West Bank settlement building.

In an interview, Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki said the hope is that Obama, freed of reelection concerns, will break with American protocol and refrain from vetoing it this time around.

'There are indications that President Barack Obama may try to put a basis for a new era regarding the Palestinian-Israeli issue before leaving the White House after his achievements in Iran and Cuba,' Malki said. 'Thus the US administration may surprise Israel by voting in favor of a Palestinian resolution or at least not to use the veto against it.'..."