Blinken is trying to broker a deal with Israel and the Palestinian Authority that would prevent a vote at the UN Security Council on a resolution against the Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, according to two sources briefed on the issue.
Secretary of State Tony Blinken meets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah. Photo: Majdi Mohammed/AFP via Getty Images
moves forward and passes, it will likely force the U.S. to decide whether to use its veto to support Israel, which it has repeatedly done in the past. Much of the international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law.Blinken called Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday and asked him not to push for a vote at the UN Security Council on Monday, according to the State Department.
"Israel needs to stop all unilateral measures, including settlement construction, home demolitions, raids on cities and villages and the extrajudicial killings of Palestinians," Abbas told Blinken, according to the statement.
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