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Why has the United States used its United Nations Security Council veto on resolutions involving Israel?
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The United States has traditionally used its veto power in the United Nations Security Council to block resolutions that it perceives as being critical of Israel. This practice has occurred more than three dozen times in the decades following the Six-Day War.1