![]() From commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mahmoud_Abbas_September_2014.jpg: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas: Palestinian (Image by Unknown Owner) Details DMCA | The United States said on Monday it did not support a draft statehood resolution that the Palestinians plan to introduce at the United Nations, saying it would not advance the goal of peace or address Israel's security needs. "We don't think this resolution is constructive," State Department spokesman Jeff Rathke said. "Further, we think that the resolution fails to account for Israel's legitimate security needs, and the satisfaction of those needs, of course, integral to a sustainable settlement." |