U.S. move on Israel may backfire by Tracy Wilkinson

Newspaper: Los Angeles Times
Date: Sunday, December 25, 2016
Article: U.S. move on Israel may backfire
Writer: Tracy Wilkinson
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1. President-Elect Donald Trump plans to roll back numerous U.S. policies that were aimed at promoting peace.
2. Israel is going to hold back from contributing to the U.N.
3. Israel has called back ambassadors from countries that backed the resolution.
4. Answers will vary
5. Egypt, New Zealand, Malaysia, Senegal, and Venezuela wrote the U.N. resolution against Israel.
6. The rest of the world considers the expansion of settlements illegal.
7. The settlements by Israel undermines the two-state solution.
8. The law would retroactively legalize Israeli settlements built illegally on Palestinian-owned land.
9. Donald Trump plans to place a pro-settlement attorney as U.S. ambassador to Israel.
10. Donald Trump plans to move the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
11. East of Jerusalem is the city Palestinians claim to be their capital.

Reference:
http://www.latimes.com/la-bio-tracy-wilkinson-staff.html
http://www.knesset.gov.il/main/eng/home.asp