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Illustration on Obama's betrayal of Israel by Alexander Hunter/ The Washington Times

Obama’s U.N. treachery unkindest cut of all to Israel, right in the back

By Suzanne Fields

In this Dec. 22, 2016 photo, Dieusel Gerlin, a&quot;bayakou&quot;, or waste cleaner, uses candles for illumination before descending into the pit of an outhouse, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Bayakou strip off their clothes, wrap themselves in rags and plug their nostrils with tobacco to hide the stench, before they squeeze themselves into the latrine pit to scoop buckets of human excrement with their bare hands. The Bayakou form the lowest ranks of a primitive sanitation system largely responsible for the fierce persistence of cholera in this country since it was introduced to the country’s largest river in October 2010 by sewage from a base of United Nations peacekeepers. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

Dirty job shows why cholera still kills in Haiti

By DAVID McFADDEN - Associated Press

** FILE ** President Obama meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in the Oval Office at the White House on May 20, 2011. (Associated Press)

Israel urges Obama to stop diplomatic ‘assault’ amid fears of more U.N. action

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Secretary of State John Kerry walks into an interview after speaking at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016. Stepping into a raging diplomatic argument, Kerry staunchly defended the Obama administration's decision to allow the U.N. Security Council to declare Israeli settlements illegal and warned that Israel's very future as a democracy is at stake. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Israel settlement controversy makes John Kerry, Benjamin Netanyahu clash

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

"Twenty-two percent of the United Nations budget comes from the American taxpayer, and I'm going to lead the charge to withhold funding until they repeal this resolution," said Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican. (Associated Press)

U.N.’s anti-Israel vote fuels Republican calls to defund world body

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

U.S. President Barack Obama, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talk during the funeral of former Israeli President and Prime minister Shimon Peres in Jerusalem, Sept. 30, 2016. Doubling down on its public break with the Obama administration, a furious Israeli government says it has "ironclad" information from Arab sources that Washington actively helped craft last week's U.N. resolution declaring Israeli settlements illegal. The allegations further poison the increasingly toxic atmosphere between Israel and the outgoing Obama administration in the wake of Friday's vote, and raise questions about whether the White House might take further action. (Menahem Kahana, Pool via AP, File) ** FILE **

Alan Dershowitz rips Obama for Israel ‘bait-and-switch’ at U.N.: ‘He just stabbed them in the back’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 21, 2016, file photo, President-elect Donald Trump speaks to members of the media at Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Fla. Trump is questioning the effectiveness of the United Nations, saying it's just a club for people to &quot;have a good time.&quot; His post on Twitter Monday, Dec. 26, is the president-elect's latest comment since the U.N. Security Council voted Friday to condemn Israeli settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Donald Trump says U.N. just a club for people to ‘have a good time’

By Vivian Salama - Associated Press

Illustration on the continued attacks on Israel by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Obama throwing Israel to the U.N.’s wolves

By Clifford D. May

FILE -- In this Nov. 9, 2015 file photo, President Barack Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Doubling down on its public break with the Obama administration, a furious Israeli government said, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016, that it has "ironclad" information from Arab sources that Washington actively helped craft last week's U.N. resolution declaring Israeli settlements illegal. The allegations further poison the increasingly toxic atmosphere between Israel and the outgoing Obama administration in the wake of Friday's vote, and raise questions about whether the White House might take further action. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Obama’s refusal to veto anti-Israel U.N. vote ranked most anti-Semitic incident of 2016

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Benjamin Netanyahu (Associated Press)

Obama harms Israel one final time

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

In this Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016, file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty, File)

Netanyahu says White House colluded against Israel behind the scenes of U.N. vote

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

UN Security Council rejects arms embargo on South Sudan

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

This May 17, 2016, file photo shows construction on land owned by Palestinian Mohammad Abu Ta'a, in east Jerusalem. Abu Ta'a discovered some years ago that the Israeli government had expropriated the piece of land in Jerusalem belonging to his family and handed it over to a leading organization that oversees Jewish settlement building in the West Bank. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean) ** FILE **

U.S. rebukes Israel and allows U.N. condemnation of settlements

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Wednesday, May 18, 2016 file photo, Amona, an unauthorized Israeli outpost in the West Bank, is seen east of the Palestinian town of Ramallah. On Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, The Israeli parliament has given preliminary approval to a proposal that would legalize hundreds of homes built in West Bank settlements that sit on private Palestinian land. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)

U.N. vote on Israeli settlements delayed after criticism from Israel, Trump

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to Twitter on Wednesday night to call on the U.S. to "veto the anti-Israel resolution." (Associated Press)

Trump, Netanyahu press Obama to veto U.N.’s Jewish settlement vote before postponement

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Outgoing UN secretary-general praises Lincoln in Illinois

Associated Press

UN rights chief: Investigate Philippine leader for killings

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

A civil defense worker carries a child after airstrikes hit Aleppo, Syria. (Associated Press)

Iran brutalizing Aleppo, executing ‘most atrocious war crimes’ of 21st century

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

1 South African killed in rebel attack on UN force in Congo

Associated Press

Ritach Halif, 2, is carried by her mother, after the family which came from Idlib, Syria, crossed into Turkey at the Cilvegozu border gate with Syria, near Hatay, southeastern Turkey, Sunday, Dec, 18, 2016. Several people were able to cross into Turkey after they managed to leave the embattled Syrian city during the ceasefire, and arrived in Turkey by their own means. The Aleppo evacuation was suspended Friday after a report of shooting at a crossing point into the enclave by both sides of the conflict. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Aleppo: Syria buses resume taking remaining civilians, rebels from city

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press