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Scurrilous

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Fri Feb 8, 2019, 10:47 PM Feb 2019

US blocks UN Security Council statement on Hebron monitors

Draft statement expressed regret at Israel's decision to end UN mission in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron.

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"The United States has blocked a proposed United Nations Security Council statement that expressed regret at Israel's decision to eject an international observer mission in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said last week he would not renew the mandate of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH), accusing the observers of unspecified anti-Israel activity.

Kuwait and Indonesia circulated the draft statement following a closed-door meeting during which many countries expressed concern about the Israeli move.

The proposed statement was to express the UNSC's "regret" about Israel's "unilateral decision" and call for "calm and restraint" in Hebron."

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/02/blocks-security-council-statement-hebron-monitors-190207060456210.html

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