ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS)
How Russia saved Israel from a Palestinian state based on the ’48 borders
by Ariel Kahana
June 15, 2020

New details about some drama involving Israel, Russia, and the US that played out behind the scenes at the United Nations Security Council some four years ago are coming to light. It appears that Russia demonstrated a rare willingness to use its UNSC veto on Israel’s behalf to block a resolution led by then-US President Barack Obama, which would have compelled Israel to set up a Palestinian state based on the 1948 borders. Approximately six months ago, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at an election rally in Maaleh Adumim that he had asked a “friend,” whom he referred to as “the leader of one of the superpowers who holds veto power in the UN Security Council,” to vote against the resolution. READ MORE

JERUSALEM POST Lahav Harkov: Did Putin save Israel from Obama at UN, and why are we hearing this now? Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon at the time: “To be in a room and see all the other member states voting against Israel, and the US allowing it to happen, was a moment I will never forget,” Danon said…We did work with the US mission very closely and we achieved a lot of things together, but that shameful vote will be what people remember of president Obama’s presidency.