Arab states try to delay Palestinian UN bill
The Palestinian leadership is determined to submit its bill to the UN Security Council, despite pressure from some Arab states to delay it, and French moves to replace it with a European draft bill.
RAMALLAH, West Bank — The death of Ziad Abu Ein, a minister in the government of Mahmoud Abbas and head of the Anti-Wall and Settlement Commission, after a confrontation with Israeli forces near Ramallah, will provide an additional boost to the Palestinian plan to go to the UN Security Council and join international bodies to end Israel’s occupation.
On Dec. 10, the executive committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) said it would immediately seek to join the International Criminal Court in response to Abu Ein's killing.
Al-Monitor attended a celebration held in Ramallah on Dec. 7 to mark World Anti-Corruption Day, during which President Mahmoud Abbas reiterated that he would resort to the UN Security Council. “We have submitted a project that we will take to the Security Council at the end of the month. Whoever would like to participate in formulating the draft resolution is welcome. There is no point for delaying this further,” he said.
The Arab-Palestinian draft resolution was supposed to be put up for a vote in the Security Council at the end of November, but political deliberations delayed its submission.
