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U.S., Arab League Ask Abbas to Delay New UN Statehood Bid
(Jerusalem Post) Khaled Abu Toameh - The PA leadership has accepted a U.S. request to delay its plans to resubmit the Palestinian statehood resolution to the UN Security Council until after the March 17 election in Israel, a senior Fatah official said on Tuesday. The London-based Rai al-Youm also quoted Palestinian officials as saying that Arab League foreign ministers who recently met in Cairo asked PA President Abbas to delay the next statehood bid at the Security Council. The ministers said the Arab leaders fear that a U.S. veto would put the U.S. on a collision course with the Arab people. The Arab countries prefer that the Palestinians come up with a new resolution that would be less controversial and lead to the revival of the peace process with Israel, the sources said.