UN Security Council rejects Palestinian statehood bid
By Agencies in United Nations and Jerusalem | China Daily | Updated: 2015-01-01 07:52
US wields veto against resolution setting deadline for Israeli withdrawal
The UN Security Council on Tuesday rejected a Palestinian resolution calling for an Israeli withdrawal from the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem and the establishment of a Palestinian state by late 2017.
The resolution called for negotiations to be based on territorial lines that existed before Israel captured the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip in the 1967 Middle East war. It also called for a peace deal within 12 months.
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