A draft United Nations Security Council resolution condemns calls in Israel to swiftly annex parts of the West Bank and says US President Donald Trump’s peace plan “breaches international law.”
A copy of the text “stresses the illegality of the annexation of any part” of the West Bank or East Jerusalem and “condemns recent statements calling for annexation by Israel.”
It also calls on the international community “not to recognize any changes to the 4 June 1967 borders” and says efforts should be made to “launch credible negotiations on all final status issues.”
The resolution is being shared with Security Council members by Indonesia and Tunisia, according to Reuters.
The resolution would likely face a US veto.
Palestinian Authority Palestinian Mahmoud Abbas, who has rejected the Trump plan out of hand, is expected to address the Security Council next week about the plan.
Jared Kushner, the US president’s son-in-law and key architect of the proposal, will speak to UN ambassadors tomorrow.
“Enough with the shows already. Instead of coming to the UN, come to the negotiating table,” UN Ambassador to Israel Danny Danon says in a statement condemning the draft resolution.
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