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| Jerusalem at Center of Diplomatic Face-Off at U.N. Security Council | Jerusalem at Center of Diplomatic Face-Off at U.N. Security Council |
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| The isolation of the United States over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was on display Monday at the United Nations, where the Security Council prepared to condemn President Trump’s declaration that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital and to demand that he rescind it. | |
| A one-page resolution drafted by Egypt reiterated the longstanding position of the Security Council, in several resolutions dating back 50 years, rejecting Israel’s sovereignty over Jerusalem, the holy city revered by Christians, Jews and Muslims. | |
| The draft resolution also reiterated the council’s view that no country should establish an embassy in Jerusalem, and that Jerusalem’s status is an issue to be resolved by Israel and the Palestinians, who want eastern Jerusalem to be the capital of a future Palestinian state. | The draft resolution also reiterated the council’s view that no country should establish an embassy in Jerusalem, and that Jerusalem’s status is an issue to be resolved by Israel and the Palestinians, who want eastern Jerusalem to be the capital of a future Palestinian state. |
| Jerusalem, the draft resolution states, “is a final status issue to be resolved through negotiations.” | Jerusalem, the draft resolution states, “is a final status issue to be resolved through negotiations.” |
| It demanded, without identifying the United States by name, that “all States comply with Security Council resolutions regarding the Holy City of Jerusalem, and not to recognize any actions or measures contrary to those resolutions.” | |
| The United States, one of the Security Council’s five permanent members, was widely expected to use its veto power to defeat the resolution. The four other permanent members and 10 nonpermanent members were expected to vote in favor. | The United States, one of the Security Council’s five permanent members, was widely expected to use its veto power to defeat the resolution. The four other permanent members and 10 nonpermanent members were expected to vote in favor. |
| France and Britain, the closest American allies of the permanent council members, said they intended to vote for the resolution. | |
| “Israel is the key to peace between Israelis and Palestinians,” the French ambassador to the United Nations, François Delattre, told reporters as he entered the Security Council chambers, where the vote on the resolution was to take place. “This Egyptian draft only reaffirms clearly the basis of international consensus, international law.” | “Israel is the key to peace between Israelis and Palestinians,” the French ambassador to the United Nations, François Delattre, told reporters as he entered the Security Council chambers, where the vote on the resolution was to take place. “This Egyptian draft only reaffirms clearly the basis of international consensus, international law.” |
| Ambassador Matthew Rycroft of Britain expressed a similar position. “Our view is that the issue of Jerusalem is a final status issue, that Jerusalem should be a shared capital for Israelis and for Palestinians, and the U.K. Embassy, for now, will remain in Tel Aviv,” he told reporters before the vote. | |
| Israel seized eastern Jerusalem in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war and has declared the entire city to be its capital. | Israel seized eastern Jerusalem in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war and has declared the entire city to be its capital. |
| President Trump, keeping a campaign promise, announced two weeks ago that the United States considers Jerusalem the capital of Israel and that it would eventually relocate its embassy there from Tel Aviv. | President Trump, keeping a campaign promise, announced two weeks ago that the United States considers Jerusalem the capital of Israel and that it would eventually relocate its embassy there from Tel Aviv. |
| The change outraged the Palestinians and was widely condemned in much of the world as a new impediment to resolving one of the most intractable conflicts in the Middle East. | The change outraged the Palestinians and was widely condemned in much of the world as a new impediment to resolving one of the most intractable conflicts in the Middle East. |
| The Security Council vote is coming just days before Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to visit Jerusalem. The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, who had planned to meet Mr. Pence, canceled that meeting in protest of the American change of position on Jerusalem. | The Security Council vote is coming just days before Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to visit Jerusalem. The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, who had planned to meet Mr. Pence, canceled that meeting in protest of the American change of position on Jerusalem. |