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July 6, 2016

PA Considering Yet Another Anti-Israel Resolution at the UN

Senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat in Ramallah on July 4, 2016 (Abbas Momani/AFP)
"Since President Barack Obama took office in 2009, the Palestinians have not succeeded in passing a single United Nations Security Council or any other international resolution, Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organization said Monday at a press conference in Ramallah.

He spoke shortly after the PLO executive committee debated the Quartet's report at a meeting in Ramallah.

Erekat added the PA may seek again to promote a Security Council resolution condemning the 'settlements,' but that such a decision would require consultations with Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Morocco.

The PA has been attempting for years to embarrass Israel and have it condemned by the UN.

In 2014, the PA submitted a resolution to the UN which called for Israel to 'end the occupation' - that is, to withdraw from Judea and Samaria - by 2017. The resolution was put to a vote in the UN Security Council, but failed to secure enough votes in favor to pass.

And earlier this year, it circulated a draft resolution that would deem Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria 'illegal' and 'an obstacle' to a peace deal based on two states living side by side within agreed borders..."
Date
July 6, 2016
Title
PA Considering Yet Another Anti-Israel Resolution at the UN, Arutz Sheva
Author(s)
Ben Ariel
Original Source
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/214558#.V30Eit9zWCg
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