The best guess I've heard is that it's actually a kind of understanding among the USA, Israel, and the other Western countries. Basically, America goes to bat

The best guess I've heard is that it's actually a kind of understanding among the USA, Israel, and the other Western countries. Basically, America goes to bat and looks stupid, and everyone else can cater to the Arab countries in the UN without actually damaging Israel all that much, which actually has quite good relations with many WEOG/EU/Anglo countries despite the Foreign Ministry's usual rhetoric.