UN Draft Sets Deadline for Israeli Occupation of Palestinian Territories
Jordan filed a draft UN Security Council resolution in favor of setting a deadline for the Zionist entity to end its occupation of Palestinian land by the end of 2017.
The text was formally submitted to the council on Wednesday night following a lengthy Arab League meeting at the ambassadorial level at UN headquarters.
he draft resolution seeks “a just, lasting and comprehensive peaceful solution that brings an end to the Israeli occupation since 1967.”
It fixes the end of 2017 as the deadline for the Zionist security forces to fully withdraw from the occupied territories.
The submission of a draft resolution means it could be put to a vote as soon as 24 hours later, but it does not guarantee it will come to a vote. In the past, two Arab-backed resolutions – one about the Gaza conflict and another on Zionist settlements deemed illegal – were never put to a vote as it was clear that they would not get the required support to come into force.
If put to a vote, the motion requires a “yes” vote from at least nine of the 15 council members to pass, but it can be vetoed by any of the five permanent members, including the U.S., a staunch ally of Zionist entity.
On Monday, Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Rome in a bid to ensure American support in blocking any UN move setting a deadline for the Zionist to end its occupation of the Palestinian territories.
American sources said that Kerry had stopped short of accepting the Zionist demand for a U.S. veto of the resolution, telling Netanyahu that Washington would continue to attempt mediation in the Middle East conflict.
The drafted text proposes “Jerusalem as the shared capital of the two states” and “Palestine as a full Member State of the United Nations.”
It also urges both parties “to abstain from any unilateral and illegal actions, including settlement activities, that could undermine the viability of a two-state solution,” referring to the UN-proposed solution that calls for an independent state of Palestine alongside the Jewish entity.
Meanwhile, an alternative Security Council proposal, which calls for a resumption of peace talks between the Zionists and Palestinians within two years, is also being discussed.
The Zionist entity occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank during the 1967 Middle East War. It later annexed the holy city in 1980, claiming it as the capital of the self-proclaimed Jewish entity – a move never recognized by the international community.
Al-Manar
Maher Taki