U.S. vetoes yet another U.N. resolution condemning Israeli settlement activity in the occupied West Bank

Here are the facts:
*15 U.N member states voted on the matter. 14 voted to pass it and the U.S. was the only one to vote against. The bill did not pass due to the veto.

*It was the tenth US veto of a resolution against Israel since 2001, and the first by the Obama administration.

*US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice said that she did not want the veto to be "misunderstood" as support for continued Israeli settlement construction. Frankly I don't see any other way for that veto to be interpreted.

Here's my opinion:
The United States and Israel have yet again made a mockery of international law and the United Nations. If the United States isn't going to at least give the slightest attempt at appearing to be a somewhat unbiased mediator in this conflict then Palestine should bypass U.S. approval for statehood and put the issue of statehood to a U.N. referendum. We already know that every country in the world will vote for Palestinian statehood except Israel and the U.S.