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Israel at UN: Palestinians' Unilateral Actions Are a Breach of Every Agreement They Signed
(Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Amb. Ron Prosor - Israel's UN Ambassador Ron Prosor told the Security Council on Monday: Last April, Israel put a serious and comprehensive proposal on the table to the Palestinians in Amman. The Palestinians never responded. They walked away. And the world said nothing. Instead of sitting with Israel in direct negotiations, the Palestinian leadership is pursuing the path of unilateralism at the UN. This is no road to real statehood. It is a march of folly. Peace must be negotiated. It cannot be imposed from the outside. The Palestinians' unilateral actions are a clear breach of every agreement that they have signed with Israel, including the Oslo Accords, the Interim Agreement, and the Paris Protocol. Every Member State that lends its hand to supporting Palestinian unilateralism at the UN will be responsible for the grave consequences that follow. How can Israel be expected to abide by the same agreements that the Palestinian leadership ignores whenever it is convenient? Would you make painful sacrifices - would you give up tangibles - in exchange for pieces of paper that the other side has proven more than willing to throw into the garbage? A General Assembly resolution will not pave the road to peace. It will affix a seal of approval onto an entity that does not meet the most basic requirements for statehood.