![]() ![]() The United Nations granted Palestine non-member observer state status in 2012, but an upgrade to full membership would require unanimous backing from the Security Council - an unlikely outcome, given the near-certainty of a US veto. President Trumps recent tweets threatening to cut Palestinian aid by saying: 'To. Tensions have also flared over the US decision to cut funding to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA). In an address to the PLO Central Council on January 14, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said that the Central Council 'is required to reexamine the agreements between the PLO and the Israeli government.' He responded to U.S. The United States vetoed that draft resolution. That vote in the 193-nation assembly came after 14 of the 15 council members voted in favor of a similar measure. Abbas made his remarks at a meeting of the PLO’s Central Council, which is meeting to fill vacant leadership roles in the pan-Palestinian organization. ![]() In December, the General Assembly voted 128-9, with 35 abstentions, to reject the US decision to recognize Jerusalem. The Palestinians see East Jerusalem as the capital of their future state and UN resolutions call on countries to refrain from moving their embassies to the city until its status is resolved in an Israeli-Palestinian deal. ![]() “They talked about the progress in their efforts and contacts, and this was useful,” said French Ambassador François Delattre.įrance, which hosted a Middle East peace conference in Paris last year, is ready to examine Abbas’s proposal for a revamped approach, but this “would not cast doubt” over the “indispensable” role of the United States, Delattre told the council. Greenblatt and Kushner later met with council ambassadors behind closed doors to discuss US peace efforts, but they did not provide specific details of the Trump plan. Israel, which often accuses the European Union and the United Nations of bias against it, is reluctant to accept any other mediator than the United States. The Palestinians hope that greater international involvement in the peace process will serve to counter what they see as a US stance biased in favor of Israel after Trump’s decision on Jerusalem. The Trump administration is preparing a new peace plan even though chances for agreement appear dim. The Israeli-Palestinian peace process has been deadlocked since a major push by the administration of Trump’s predecessor Barack Obama ended in failure in April 2014. RT “Our negotiators are sitting right behind me, ready to talk. ![]()
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