Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Working for Israel: U.S pushing Palestinians to drop UN resolution on settlement construction

Washington has made it clear that it will veto the Security Council resolution should it come to a vote.
The United States is putting heavy pressure on the Palestinian Authority and Arab states to withdraw a draft resolution condemning Israeli settlements which is due to go to a vote at the United Nations Security Council this week.

Washington has made it clear that it will veto the resolution should it come to a vote, and has implored the Palestinian Authority and other Arab nations to withdraw the proposal, but to no avail.
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3 comments:

  1. vzaFebruary 16, 2011 at 7:58 PM

    We never learn.

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  2. thankgodimatheistFebruary 17, 2011 at 2:49 AM

    Nope!

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  3. thankgodimatheistFebruary 17, 2011 at 2:54 AM

    I doubt it's more about learning than it's about being occupied by a foreign country's interest group! The congress is famously controlled so no matter how much learning is going to take place it's not going to have any effect.

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