Finally, it is interesting to speculate how this reads from a Palestinian perspective. Brimmer seems to imply that not only can the Palestinian initiative succeed in delivering its primary goal of a propaganda victory with possible international legal ramifications. It could provoke a congressional response that will further weaken the U.S. in Turtle Bay and lead to undercutting Israel’s recent gains in the world body.
One wonders whether that’s a message Brimmer intended to send. An American and Israeli defeat at the UN could quite possibly “impact” the president’s commitment to Israel’s security? When viewed from a Palestinian or anti-Israeli perspective (as the old expression goes): “What’s not to like?”
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U.S.-Israel Multilateral Cooperation
Finally, it is interesting to speculate how this reads from a Palestinian perspective. Brimmer seems to imply that not only can the Palestinian initiative succeed in delivering its primary goal of a propaganda victory with possible international legal ramifications. It could provoke a congressional response that will further weaken the U.S. in Turtle Bay and lead to undercutting Israel’s recent gains in the world body.
One wonders whether that’s a message Brimmer intended to send. An American and Israeli defeat at the UN could quite possibly “impact” the president’s commitment to Israel’s security? When viewed from a Palestinian or anti-Israeli perspective (as the old expression goes): “What’s not to like?”
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