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When Will the U.S. Get Tired of Helping Israel With UN Vetoes?

As Israel's new government advances an extreme agenda, it's not clear at what point Washington will drop the bromides and declare that it will be increasingly difficult to defend these policies in international forums

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Fifty-three times since 1972 the United States has cast a veto in the UN Security Council against anti-Israel resolutions or condemnations of Israel. This is the diplomatic shield with which Washington has covered its ally for decades.

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