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France waters down Arab draft resolution on Palestine

There are stark differences between the French and Arab UN Security Council draft resolutions on Palestine.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting on Iraq at U.N. headquarters in New York, September 19, 2014. 
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Two resolutions that on the surface appear similar have been presented to the UN Security Council on Palestinian statehood. Dina Kawar, Jordan’s UN representative, on Dec. 17 presented the Palestinian draft backed by the Arab League, while France presented what seems to be a European counter version, which has the tacit agreement of Washington. The Jordanian version will be the main focus of the discussions that will most probably begin after the Christmas and New Year’s holiday.

While in some ways the two versions are similar, a few clear differences are evident both in content and in operational language. In the preamble of the two drafts, five differences stand out. 

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