article_snippet: White House is reportedly considering a new power play in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that would paint Benjamin Netanyahu into a corner just days after Benjamin Netanyahu stunning come-from-behind victory in Benjamin Netanyahu country's hotly contested elections.
article_snippet: But now Obama is contemplating using the United Nations as a trump card to force the issue.
article_snippet: Under a plan outlined by Foreign Policy magazine, the U.S. State Department would ease away from decades of opposition to a Security Council resolution demanding peace talks and a final rapprochement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
article_snippet: White House is considering a Benjamin Netanyahu smackdown in the form on the United Nations leverage to force Benjamin Netanyahu into breaking a campaign promise about peace with Palestinians .
article_snippet: State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Wednesday that the US is evaluating the US options – leaving the door open for lifting opposition to a UN two-state solution pushed on Israel .
article_snippet: Diplomats at UN privately learned in the run-up to Election Day that the U.S. would not press the UN Security Council on peace talks if Herzog were to win, since Herzog would likely have carried the ball on Herzog own.
article_snippet: State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters on Wednesday that 'we’re currently evaluating we approach.
article_snippet: we’re not going to prejudge what we would do if there was a UN action.'
article_snippet: But at the end of January an astonishing 75 out of 100 the United States senators signed a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry warning that any Palestinian action against Israel in the ICC would be met by a budget axe.
article_snippet: U.S. senators warned Secretary of State John Kerry that Abbas was illegally challenging 'Israel’s legitimate right to defend Israel citizens and territory.'
article_snippet: In the days following the seating of the new Congress in January – long before Netanyahu notched Netanyahu surprising re-election win – the State Department seemed to lean toward supporting the Senate.
article_snippet: State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters then that action in the ICC could have unspecified 'implications' for future U.S.-Palestinian aid. '
article_snippet: Congress has a great deal of power in that regard,' State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.
article_snippet: But administration officials are now leaning toward using the United Nations to force Netanyahu into a tricky spot. '
article_snippet: We are signaling that if the Israeli government’s position is no longer to pursue a Palestinian state, we’re going to have to broaden the spectrum of options we pursue going forward,' a U.S. official told Politico.
article_snippet: And Jeremy Ben-Ami, who leads the pro-Israel but left-wing group J Street, told the paper that a U.S. official expects the Obama administration to look very closely at the possibility of either joining, or at least not blocking an internationally backed move at the UN to restate the parameters for ending the [Arab-Israeli] conflict.'
highlights_snippet: Obama may end US opposition to a UN Security Council resolution designed to force Israel into a two-state solution with Palestinians .
  