Dermer to CNN: We expect US to stand with us at UN

Israel’s ambassador to the US Ron Dermer tells CNN that Israel is angry with the US over the anti-settlement UN resolution, as it is “the only country where we have any expectation to actually stand with us at the United Nations.”

Dermer, who was a Republican Party operative before moving to Israel, also repeats Israeli accusations that the Obama administration orchestrated the Egypt-penned resolution. The US abstained from Friday night’s vote, which passed 14-0.

“It’s an old story that the United Nations gangs up against Israel. What is new is that the United States did not stand up and oppose that gang-up. And what is outrageous is that the United States was actually behind that gang-up,” says Dermer.

The ambassador also says that Israel has proof that the White House drove the resolution, which it will present “to the new administration through the appropriate channels.”