Why Did Obama Pander to the UN's Stunning Anti-Israel Bias?

"Just before Christmas the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 2334, condemning Israeli settlements in the West Bank. By allowing the motion to pass, President Barack Obama crowned his miserable track record in the Middle East with one last high school debating gesture. This was then embellished by Secretary of State John Kerry's warning shot delivered to Israel Wednesday.

Israel is not the biggest problem in the Middle East, by a long shot. But you wouldn't know that from the disproportionate way in which the UN has treated the country. Despite abstaining from the vote, America's UN Ambassador Samantha Power herself noted that for as long as Israel has been a member of the UN it has been 'treated differently' from other nations. And commenting only a week before this latest resolution, even outgoing Secretary General Ban Ki-moon agreed that 'decades of political maneuvering have created a disproportionate number of resolutions, reports, and committees against Israel... In many cases, instead of helping the Palestinian issue, this reality has foiled the ability of the UN to fulfill its role effectively.'...

The Security Council could not even bring itself to adopt the simplest of resolutions calling for a seven-day ceasefire to halt the tragedy of Aleppo. Yet when it came to pushing through a final year-end condemnation of Israel, the Security Council suddenly mustered the will to act..."