"We don't think this resolution is constructive," State Department spokesman Jeff Rathke told a regular news briefing. "We think it sets arbitrary deadlines for reaching a peace agreement and for Israel's withdrawal from the West Bank, and those are more likely to curtail useful negotiations than to bring them to a successful conclusion.
"Further, we think that the resolution fails to account for Israel's legitimate security needs, and the satisfaction of those needs, of course, integral to a sustainable settlement."
[jpost.com by Reuters]
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UNSC to Vote Palestinian Draft Resolution by Wednesday ...
ReplyDeleteThe Palestinian draft resolution calling for Israel to end its occupation of the West Bank by 2017, will be voted by the United Nations Security Council by Wednesday morning, Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations said Tuesday.
“We are happy that the Arab Group on the basis of previous ministerial meetings has considered in a positive and responsible way the request of the Palestinian leadership to put the draft resolution to a vote, possibly [Tuesday] afternoon, if not [Wednesday] morning, this is related to the readiness of the Secretariat of the Security Council,” Riyad Mansour said at the UN headquarter’s in New York.
Mansour added that any delays to the Palestinian resolution’s vote would not be due to more time needed on the part of the Arab countries, as the issues has been deliberated for over three months.................http://sputniknews.com/politics/20141230/1016412083.html
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