“The Security Council resolution against the settlements that was adopted last Friday [Dec. 23] because no veto was cast by the US is not an isolated event,” an Israeli source told Al-Monitor on condition of anonymity. “We are talking about a chain reaction. It is a declaration of war on the part of the American administration against Israel and Israel’s counter-war declaration against the administration and the countries that supported the decision. It could very well be that the culmination of all this is still before us.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted at the opening of a Cabinet meeting Dec. 25 that Israel has conclusive evidence proving, according to him, that the Americans were behind Security Council Resolution 2334, affirming the illegality of Israeli settlements on the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. The resolution has shaken up Israel and is causing its leaders to lose all vestiges of diplomatic propriety regarding anything related to President Barack Obama and his administration. “Who is Obama? Obama is history,” Culture Minister Miri Regev told Channel 2 on Dec. 27.
