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U.S. to Foil Arab Bid for Security Council Cease-Fire Resolution for Gaza


[Ha'aretz] Shlomo Shamir - The U.S. is determined to thwart any Arab initiative aimed at forcing the UN Security Council to assume a direct role in the Gaza crisis. Reliable sources at the UN say that the U.S. ambassador to the UN, Zalmay Khalilzad, has received explicit instructions from the State Department to torpedo any initiative proposed by the Arab bloc which is designed to grant the Security Council the status of an official arbiter that will have direct involvement in the Gaza crisis.
2009-01-06 06:00:00
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