PM Netanyahu's statement on the proposed UNSC resolution 22 12 2016
Israeli Missions Around The World MFA Press Room 2016 PM Netanyahu's statement on the proposed UNSC resolution 22 12 2016
  • 2016

Statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on proposed UN Security Council resolution

  • 12/22/2016
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    "Peace will come not through UN resolutions, but only through direct negotiations between the parties".
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    (Communicated by the Prime Minister’s Media Advisor​)​

    "Israelis deeply appreciate one of the great pillars of the US-Israel alliance: the willingness over many years of the US to stand up in the UN and veto anti-Israel resolutions.
     
    “I hope the US won't abandon this policy; I hope it will abide by the principles set by President Obama himself in his speech in the UN in 2011: that peace will come not through UN resolutions, but only through direct negotiations between the parties. 
    “And that's why this proposed resolution is bad. It's bad for Israel; it's bad for the United States; and it's bad for peace." ​