Susan Rice Says 'Foolish' To Rule Out Backing UN Resolution on Israel

"President Obama's national security adviser, Susan Rice,... warned that conditions in Israel and the West Bank were deteriorating, which she blamed on actions by both sides... As Obama's second term winds down, there's been renewed speculation that he will launch his own initiative or support a U.N. Security Council resolution to establish hoped-for parameters around any future agreement. Several hundred members of Congress, Democrat and Republican, recently signed a letter urging the White House to veto such a move if it supported a "one-sided" resolution.

When asked if she could guarantee that the United States would not support such a resolution, or allow its passage, Rice hedged.

'I think our record speaks for itself,' she answered... 'I would be foolish and no one would ever rule out action [on a] hypothetical, and that's what we are talking about. But our view remains as I just said, that the only way to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is through a negotiated solution; that means the two parties sitting down, face to face.'..."