Trump Urges U.S. Veto UN Resolution on Israeli Settlements

UN Security Council annual vote expected Thursday afternoon
400,000 Israelis live in more than 120 West Bank settlements

President-elect Donald Trump, center, accompanied by Trump Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, right, and Retired Gen. Michael Flynn, a senior adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, left, speaks to members of the media at Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Fla., on Dec. 21, 2016.
Photographer: Andrew Harnik/AP

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By Mike Dorning and Jonathan Ferziger

December 22, 2016 at 2:03 PM UTC

Updated on

December 22, 2016 at 2:42 PM UTC

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President-elect Donald Trump waded into a diplomatic controversy over Israeli West Bank settlements, urging President Barack Obama’s administration to veto a United Nations resolution expected Thursday condemning their construction.

The UN Security Council is expected to vote on the resolution -- a version of which has come up at the UN for several years -- around 3 p.m. New York time. A draft circulated by Egypt declares all Israeli settlements illegal under international law and demands that Israel cease construction in the West Bank and other territories captured in the 1967 Middle East war.