Palestinians Press UN Settlement Vote That May Force U.S. Veto
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The Palestinian Authority is pressing for a vote by Jan. 19 in the United Nations Security Council on a resolution demanding a halt to Israeli settlement construction, an action that may force the Obama administration to cast its first UN veto.
“This is high time for us to dig our heels in and say to Israel that you have to budge, that you are not going to get away with continuing violations of international law,” Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour said in an interview late yesterday. The settlements “in additional to being illegal, are an obstacle to peace. We want to remove that obstacle.”