Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that the international community might use the upcoming Paris Conference to try to sneak another anti-Israeli resolution through the UN Security Council before US President-elect Trump takes office on January 20.
Netanyahu promised to block any attempt to push through another Israeli-Palestinian resolution, after the last one adopted in late December caused a major diplomatic row between Tel Aviv and Washington after it condemned Israeli settlements in West Bank.
“The Paris Conference is irrelevant,” Netanyahu said at a meeting with Israel’s ambassadors on Tuesday.
“But there are signs that they are trying to turn decisions made there into another Security Council resolution, and that is no longer irrelevant.”
The head of the Israeli government predicts that another “anti-Israeli” document might arise following the planned Mideast summit in Paris on January 15.
The Israeli PM voiced fears that further moves could be made before US President Barack Obama leaves office on January 20.
“[The major effort] we are engaged in now is to prevent another UN resolution, and also to prevent a Quartet decision. We are investing a great deal of diplomatic efforts in this, and this also has to be your main efforts in the coming days,” Netanyahu added.
Source: Agencies
