Washington Against PA’s UN Resolution

The United States made clear on Tuesday that it is against the Palestinian Authority’s plan to submit a draft resolution to the UN Security Council calling for an end date for “Israeli occupation”.

 

State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said that Secretary of State John Kerry reiterated to Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat, during a Monday meeting in Washington, that the U.S. was opposed “to unilateral steps by either party that attempt to prejudge the outcome of final status negotiations.”

 

Nothing has yet been tabled at the United Nations, she noted in her remarks, according to AFP, “so this is a preliminary discussion. And obviously having a back-and-forth and hearing from them is part of the reason to have a meeting.”

 

Urging the UN to call for an end to the Israeli occupation “contradicts their stated goal of a two-state solution and having their own state, an aspiration we support,” Psaki added.

 

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