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U.S., Britain, Australia Won't Support Palestinian Bid for Statehood at UN

(Ha'aretz) Jack Khoury - Palestinian sources say their delegation to the UN has received definitive "noes" from the U.S., Britain and Australia regarding a proposed Security Council resolution setting a timetable for establishing a Palestinian state on the 1967 lines. China and Russia, as well as Jordan, told the Palestinians they would support such a resolution. The other states on the 15-member body did not give a definitive answer. Palestinian officials say the U.S. has been pressuring Arab states to recommend that consideration of the Palestinian proposal be postponed. It isn't clear when the Palestinian resolution might be submitted, and it is doubtful it would be submitted at all unless majority support is assured.
2014-09-29 00:00:00
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