[Ha'aretz] Shlomo Shamir - The Arab bloc at the UN has decided to rescind its initiative to have the Security Council vote on a proposal to oppose Israeli settlement expansion, sources at the UN reported Thursday. At the Security Council, the U.S., alongside France, Britain, Belgium and Croatia, opposed the draft from its inception. U.S. officials said it was inconceivable that a UN Security Council vote concerning the Middle East would not include other components, such as terror. The officials suggested that the Arab bloc change its original draft to address broader Middle East concerns.
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