AMMAN — In a recent press
briefing, the principal deputy spokesperson of the US State Department, Vedant
Patel, said a
UN draft resolution that calls on Israel to immediately cease
settlement activities would be “unhelpful”, reported the Jerusalem Post.
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According to Patel, the US
administration does not view the UN as the “most practical or useful forum for
discussing this issue”.
Patel emphasized that the US remains
“focused on supporting the conditions necessary to advance the prospects for a
negotiated two-state solution between the Israelis and Palestinians”. The
administration believes that this is the “only path” to a sustainable end to
the conflict, he said.
“The introduction of this resolution
is unhelpful in supporting the conditions necessary to advance negotiations for
a two-state solution,” said Patel. “We are aware of the introduction, and we’re
coordinating closely with our partners in New York on next steps.”
VetoAsked if it meant that the US is
ready to veto the resolution, Patel replied that he did not want to get ahead
of the process.
“We are coordinating closely with
our partners in New York and are assessing our next steps,” he said. “But when
I say that it is unhelpful, we have been clear as it relates to both the
Israelis and the Palestinians.”
“Our view is that the introduction
of this resolution was unhelpful in supporting the conditions necessary to
advance negotiations of a two‑state solution,
just like we believe that the news out of Israel on Sunday was unhelpful and
something that would further incite tensions as well,” he continued. “
Our viewpoint has always been that
both sides should avoid taking steps that puts us further away from a two-state
solution and further
incites tensions, which these are the kinds of actions
that do that.”
Patel also said that the
administration does not “view the UN as the most practical or useful forum for
discussing this issue, and that this is something that the two sides need to
discuss and engage and negotiate and work on among themselves.”
“Steps like
settlement activity, steps like the introduction of such a resolution are unhelpful and put us
further away from a negotiated two-state solution, which has been our
consistent viewpoint in where we would like this to end,” he added.
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