incoming and outgoing administration? it s unprecedented. typically, there s a level of respect and etiquette that an incoming president has, as they re transitioning to become president. i guess it raises questions how donald trump is going to act four years from now when a democrat is the incoming president. how is he going to react if the incoming president were to react like this? one president at a time, john. it is one president at a time. but george w. bush genuflected to barack obama and let the wishes of president obama be held. trump is going to be president and he s clearly said he wants change in our foreign policy. and so it makes sense that barack obama should be respectful of trump s wishes, because we re only a few days away from him officially taking over. and the obama administration was prepared to let this resolution pass and not use the
averting a potential clash between the future and current u.s. presidents over israel. we will have to wait and see what the results of the consultations are to see if the text moves forward. it demands israel immediately and completely cease settlement activities calling it a flagrant violation under international law. cnn learned that president obama was prepared to let the resolution pass, either by abstaining or voting in favor of it. the u.s. has traditionally seen jewish settlements in areas controlled by palestinians as an obstacle to a peace process but never gone so far in aun vote. the move would have been seen by many as a provocation. a parting shot at benjamin netanyahu with whom president obama has strained ties. around 3:00 a.m., netanyahu took to twitter writing in english and appealing for a u.s. veto. before the white house could announce its support for the resolution, this morning, president-elect trump sent out this statement calling for a
the israeli government calling on donald trump to intervene ahead of a resolution vote. i m joined by elise labott. elise, good evening. thank you for coming on tonight. it s been an extraordinary day settling around a u.n. vote in israel. tell us about what happened. basically, don, the u.s. has been planning to vote on this u.n. resolution, the u.n. security council resolution condemning the settlement activity illegal. usually the u.s. for years has kind of protected israel at the u.n. security council but we understand that president obama was prepared to let that resolution pass, either by abstaining or by voting in favor of it. the israelis have been watching what has been happening for weeks and they have been warning the obama administration not to do that, imploring them really. and said, listen, if you don t stop this resolution, if you plan on letting it go ahead, we re going to have no choice but to reach out to president-elect trump and an
presidents, trump has jumped into both feet into one of the most difficult foreign policy issues for any president, the israeli-palestinian conflict. the president-elect has been working the phones, calling world leaders to scuttle an anti-israel resolution at the u.n. reporter: just hours before the u.n. security council was set to vote on a resolution, calling for israel to stop building settlements, calling them a violation of international law, the ballot was abruptly called off. cnn learned that president obama was prepared to let that resolution pass, either by abstaining or voting in favor of that. the u.s. has seen settlements as an obstacle to the peace process, but has never voted against israel in a u.n. vote. this is really a parting shot at israel s prime minister beng ming netanyahu, and the
calling for israel to stop building settlements in the occupied palestinian territory, including east jerusalem. it was delayed by the egyptians who sponsored the resolution in the first place. both israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and president-elect donald trump publicly denounced the measure. let s go to elise labott, our cnn global affairs correspondent, and cnn global affairs analyst aaron david miller. thank you both so much for being with me. elise labott, with with egypt and i know john kerry was set to address the u.n. before the vote. what happened? yes, we understand, brooke, the u.s. was prepared to let this resolution pass. for years the u.s. has protected israel at the u.n. with its veto power, giving it cover but this time president obama has been vehemently opposed to israel s settlement policy, calls it an impediment to piece peace. we understand he was going to allow that to go through.