UK voices 'reservations' over Mideast summit, refuses to sign statement

[branford]

5. I guess you missed the Congressional votes condemning Obama's abstention at the UN,

or have ignored Trump's repeated comments on the issue.

Whether you like it or not, Trump will set American foreign policy in three days, and Congression and American popular opinion is still quite solidly pro-Israel.

Quite simply, Britain needs the USA more than the USA needs Britain, particularly as Britain negotiates its exit from the EU. Engaging in further confrontation with Trump and Congress over Israel will not create peace between the Israelis and Palestinians, but could needless alienate and antagonize American leadership. Theresa May distanced herself immediately from John Kerry after the UN vote, and its refusal to sign onto the Paris statement was not surprising.