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31 December 2014, Netanyahu thanks US, Australia for voting against Palestinians in UN, after Palestinian effort to get UN to set timeframe for Israeli withdrawal from West Bank fails to gain necessary votes, ■ The resolution failed to get the 9-votes majority required to pass. I want to express my appreciation and gratitude to the US and Australia, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday after the UN Security Council rejected on Tuesday a Palestinian resolution calling for peace with Israel within a year and an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories by late 2017. ■ Netanyahu said he also received assurances from the Rwandan and Nigerian presidents that they would not support the resolution: They stood by their words and this is what tipped the scales, Netanyahu said. ynetnews/articles/0,7340,L-4609963,00.html
Posted on: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 04:07:41 +0000

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