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Israel raps Palestinian U.N. draft as 'gimmick'
Source: Reuters
Israel raps Palestinian U.N. draft as 'gimmick'
JERUSALEM Thu Dec 18, 2014 12:19pm EST
(Reuters) - Israel's foreign minister on Thursday described as a gimmick a Palestinian-proposed U.N. Security Council draft resolution that calls for a peace deal within a year and an end to the occupation of Palestinian territories by the end of 2017.
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"Certainly this (draft) will not hasten an agreement because without Israel's consent, nothing will change," Avigdor Lieberman said in a statement.
The draft resolution was formally submitted by Jordan to the 15-member Security Council on Wednesday, which means it could be put to a vote as soon as 24 hours later, but it does not guarantee this will happen. Some drafts have never been voted on.
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Lieberman said the draft resolution, which follows the collapse in April of U.S.-brokered talks on Palestinian statehood, would only deepen the decades-old conflict.
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JERUSALEM Thu Dec 18, 2014 12:19pm EST
(Reuters) - Israel's foreign minister on Thursday described as a gimmick a Palestinian-proposed U.N. Security Council draft resolution that calls for a peace deal within a year and an end to the occupation of Palestinian territories by the end of 2017.
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"Certainly this (draft) will not hasten an agreement because without Israel's consent, nothing will change," Avigdor Lieberman said in a statement.
The draft resolution was formally submitted by Jordan to the 15-member Security Council on Wednesday, which means it could be put to a vote as soon as 24 hours later, but it does not guarantee this will happen. Some drafts have never been voted on.
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Lieberman said the draft resolution, which follows the collapse in April of U.S.-brokered talks on Palestinian statehood, would only deepen the decades-old conflict.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/18/us-israel-palestinians-un-idUSKBN0JW0OK20141218