Not an auspicious context for a quick resolution to the incident.

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Even today, Obama has refused to state outright whether or not he will veto a Security Council resolution later this month endorsing Palestinian statehood outside the context of a peace treaty with Israel.

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In that context, you had Brazil, Russia and China and India abstaining from the resolution -- not opposing it.

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