First UN veto under Obama is a good one

U.S. vetoes U.N. resolution declaring Israeli settlements illegal

From Richard Roth, CNN

February 18, 2011 8:20 p.m. EST

United Nations (CNN) -- The United States vetoed Friday a U.N. Security Council resolution that would have declared Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice said that while the United States agrees about "the folly and illegitimacy of continued Israeli settlement activity, we think it unwise for this council to attempt to resolve the core issues that divide Israelis and Palestinians."

The veto is the first to be used under the Obama administration.