Trump: Veto UN Security Council Resolution Regarding Israeli Settlements

"President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday called for the U.S. to veto a U.N. Security Council draft resolution that calls for an immediate end to Israeli settlement activity on occupied land that Palestinians want for a state.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pushed for a veto of the measure, which is set for a vote from the 15-member council at 3 p.m. ET on Thursday. Egypt on Wednesday circulated the draft resolution, which would demand that Israel 'immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem.'

'As the United States has long maintained, peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians will only come through direct negotiations between the parties, and not through the imposition of terms by the United Nations,' Trump said in a statement.

'This puts Israel in a very poor negotiating position and is extremely unfair to all Israelis.'..."