Netanyahu Fears Paris Conference May Result in another UNSC Resolution

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Zionist prime minister 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.

Benjamin 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.

"The Paris Conference is irrelevant," Netanyahu said. "But there are signs that they are trying to turn decisions made there into another Security Council resolution, and that is no longer irrelevant."

Netanyahu predicted that another "anti-‘Israeli'" document might arise following the planned Mideast summit in Paris on January 15. He feared 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 at a meeting with the Zionist entity's ambassadors.

On December 23, the Security Council passed resolution 2334, which slammed illegal ‘Israeli' settlement building outside the pre-1967 lines as "a flagrant violation of international law."

Fourteen member states voted in favor of the text and the US abstained, allowing the resolution to pass.

Netanyahu expressed similar fears on Sunday when he warned his ‘security' cabinet that the UNSC could take fresh action against his apartheid entity during a meeting on January 17.

Netanyahu's main concern is that members of the Middle East Quartet, comprising the UN, the EU, Russia, and the US, may find common ground during the Paris meeting, which could pave the way for the UN Security Council to pass punitive resolutions against ‘Israel's' settlement policy in the occupied Palestinian territories.

The Paris summit is seen by Tel Aviv as another futile attempt by France to galvanize the stalled peace process.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team