'Palestinians' to bring resolution on 'settlements' to Security Council in February
You will recall that just last week, 'moderate' 'Palestinian' President A group of Arab states launched negotiations on a resolution against Israeli building in West Bank settlements and aimed to finish a final draft in the near future, chief Palestinian UN delegate, Riyad Mansour was quoted as saying by Reuters on Wednesday.If the resolution does not get onto February's agenda, things will be a bit dicier for a while. The Council is chaired by China in March, which is less pliable than Brazil. It's chaired by Colombia in April and France in May, neither of which is likely to support the 'Palestinians' unilateralist moves. June's chair is Gabon, which has been supportive of the 'Palestinians' in the past, but July and August are Germany and India, neither of which is clearly in the 'Palestinians' court. September is Lebanon's turn, and is probably the next best chance. So the push is on to pass the resolution now.
"We are beginning the process of text negotiations, and we hope that we can finish this exercise as soon as possible ... to pave the way for action by the Security Council," Mansour said.
"Hopefully this issue will come to a closure this month, by the end of the month," he said, adding that the goal was for the UN Security Council to vote on the resolution in February.
What could go wrong?
Labels: Jerusalem construction, Judea and Samaria construction, UN Security Council
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 2:46 PM
1 Comments:
The Palestinians efforts to make an end run around negotiations with Israel will probably set them back for a long time.
Scoring points against Israel may make them feel good but its unlikely to help bring disputed issues like the revanants closer to a solution.
Don't look for peace talks to resume anytime soon in the foreseeable future.
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