Obama Rolls Out Plan to Use UN to Circumvent Congress on Israel, Iran

Obama Rolls Out Plan to Use UN to Circumvent Congress on Israel, Iran

by Ben Shapiro19 Mar 2015

http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2015/03/19/obama-rolls-out-plan-to-use-un-to-circumvent-congress-on-israel/

In the aftermath of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s big electoral win on Tuesday, the Obama administration reportedly seeks to use the United Nations as a club with which to beat those recalcitrant Jews into line.

According to Foreign Policy, the Obama administration may stop blocking United Nations efforts to “call for the resumption of political talks to conclude a final peace settlement” between Israelis and Palestinians. The fact that the United Nations wants to force Israel, a fully functioning diverse democracy, into negotiating with a terrorist regime led by the Palestinian Authority and Hamas demonstrates the moral bankruptcy of the institution. But more importantly, it demonstrates that President Obama’s big power grab is just beginning.

When Obama took office, some on the conservative right worried deeply about the possibility of Obama utilizing the United Nations in order to cram down internationalist leftism on Americans. Books and articles emerged talking up the threat of Agenda 21, a non-binding plan from the United Nations designed to create “sustainable development” – code for dramatic regulation of anything that could impact the environment.

Many conservatives became concerned with UN Resolution 16/18, shepherded through the institution by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and designed to combat “the stereotyping, negative profiling and stigmatization of people based on their religion.” The resolution represented a predicate for an “international blasphemy law,” as liberal law professor Jonathan Turley wrote.

Finally, conservatives fretted over the UN Arms Trade Treaty signed by the Obama administration. As National Rifle Association spokeswoman Catherine Mortensen said, “We are worried about an end-run around Congress. Barack Obama or a future anti-gun president could use ATT and international norms compliance to rationalize enacting gun control policies through executive actions, especially in the import and export realms.” Secretary of State Kerry blathered at the time, “Make no mistake, we would never think about supporting a treaty that is inconsistent with the rights of American citizens to be able to exercise their guaranteed rights under our constitution.”

Obviously, no domestic legislation has yet enacted this international regime of dangerous gibberish. But the danger of Obama utilizing international agreements to defeat domestic opposition seems to be growing.

Today, Obama floated the notion of going to the UN to build an international sanctions regime against our ally Israel. As Politico reported:

More provocative to Israel would be any softening of Obama’s opposition to Palestinian efforts to join the International Criminal Court, which the Palestinian Authority will formally join on April 1. Under a law passed by Congress, any Palestinian bid to bring war crimes charges against Israel at the court will automatically sever America’s $400 million in annual aid to the Palestinian Authority, although some experts suggested Obama could find indirect ways to continue some funding — even if only to prevent a dangerous collapse of the Palestinian governing body.

Meanwhile, Obama moves forward with his plans to unilaterally destroy the sanctions regime against Iran. Even as the Obama administration insists that the Iranian regime has broken nothing in the interim nuclear agreement (against all available evidence), Obama plans to sign a new executive agreement with Iran – and then go to the United Nations Security Council to relieve Iran of those sanctions, effectively destroying the possibility of sanctions by isolating Congress in pursuing them. If the European Union, China, Russia and the rest refuse to sanction Iran, nothing Congress does will make much of a difference, and Obama knows it.

At the same time, Obama likely is preparing another series of executive actions designed to implement United Nations climate change agreements. Typically, an executive agreement that has domestic impact must be accompanied by a piece of enabling legislation passed by Congress. Obama doesn’t care about such legalism. In September, he announced before the United Nations that he would tell all federal agencies to start including “climate resilience” into international development programs and investments. Today, Obama signed an executive order that would look to slash carbon emissions 40 percent compared to 2008 levels by 2025. As US News reported, “The president has made robust use of the Environmental Protection Agency, Energy Department and Interior Department to sidestep Republican opposition in Congress and act on global warming, increasing vehicle fuel economy standards, making cities more resilient to the effects of climate change and proposing cuts to carbon emissions from power plants.”

Obama’s move to browbeat Israel at the United Nations is part of a pattern: not just a pattern of dramatically anti-Israel activity, but a pattern of cutting America’s legislative body out of the loop in favor of monarchic action in collaboration with the World Community™. And that should scare everyone, not just advocates for the safety and security of the Jewish State.

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Samantha Power is the United Nations U.S. ambassador for the Barack Obama administration, married to Cass R. Sunstein, was Barack Obama’s aide, a director at the International Rescue Committee, and a board member for the International Crisis Group.

Note: Timothy F. Geithner is a director at the International Rescue Committee, was an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, a researcher at Kissinger Associates, Inc., and the treasury secretary for the Barack Obama administration.

David Rothkopf was a managing director for Kissinger Associates, Inc., and is the CEO & editor-at-large for Foreign Policy.

Henry A. Kissinger is the founder of Kissinger Associates, Inc., an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Kofi A. Annan is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, a board member for the International Crisis Group, was the secretary general for the United Nations, and a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International Rescue Committee, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), the Center for American Progress, the Climate Reality Project, and the Brookings Institution (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, was a supporter for the Center for American Progress, and is a board member for the International Crisis Group.

Carol M. Browner is a senior fellow, director at the Center for American Progress, was a director at the Climate Reality Project, an administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the energy czar for the Barack Obama administration.

Moises Naim was a board member for the International Crisis Group, an editor & publisher for Foreign Policy, and is a senior associate, International Economics Program for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Jessica Tuchman Mathews was a board member for the International Crisis Group, the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Ed Griffin’s interview with Norman Dodd in 1982

(The investigation into the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population control by involving the United States in war)

http://www.illuminati-news.com/110106a.htm

Jon M. Huntsman Jr. is a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), was a distinguished fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and the ambassador to China for the Barack Obama administration.

Cass R. Sunstein is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and married to Samantha Power.

Saban Center for Middle East Policy is a policy center at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Haim Saban is a benefactor at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy, a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a friend of Shimon Peres.

Shimon Peres is a friend of Haim Saban, and the president of Israel.

Benjamin Netanyahu is the prime minister for Israel.

Sidley Austin LLP is the lobby firm for Israel.

Bernadine Dohrn was a litigator for Sidley Austin LLP, a member of the Weather Underground, and is married to William C. Ayers.

William C. Ayers was a member of the Weather Underground, a chairman for the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, a director at the Woods Fund of Chicago, is married to Bernadine Dohrn, and Mayor Richard M. Daley’s adviser.

Barack Obama was a chairman for the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, a director at the Woods Fund of Chicago, an intern at Sidley Austin LLP, is married to Michelle Obama, and the president for the Barack Obama administration.

Michelle Obama is married to Barack Obama, a friend of Valerie B. Jarrett, was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP, and Mayor Richard M. Daley’s staffer.

R. Eden Martin is counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Newton N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Richard M. Daley is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, William C. Ayers is his adviser, William M. Daley’s brother, was the Chicago (IL) mayor, Michelle Obama was his staffer, and Valerie B. Jarrett was his deputy chief of staff.

William M. Daley is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, Mayor Richard M. Daley’s brother, and was the chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration.

Valerie B. Jarrett is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and was Mayor Richard M. Daley’s deputy chief of staff.

Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)

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