In a jab at Russia that could also be taken as one against President-elect Donald Trump, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich mocked Russia for its vote Friday in the U.N. Security Council.”So Russia having illegally occupied Crimea and eastern Ukraine votes to condemn Israel for “occupied lands.” We are supposed to be impressed,” he tweeted Saturday morning.The U.N. Security Council, a frequent source of anti-Israel resolutions and rhetoric, voted 14-0 on Friday to condemn Israel for settlements in areas of the West Bank and East Jerusalem that Israel occupied during the Six-Day War of 1967. The United States abstained on …read more
Source: POLITICO – U.S. Edition
