Palestine rejects US bid to halt UN settler vote
President Mahmud Abbas yesterday turned down a US proposal aimed at luring the Palestinians into dropping support for a UN Security Council vote against Israeli settlements.
The message was passed on in a telephone call between the Palestinian leader and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Abbas's office said.
"There is no change in the Palestinian and Arab position about the proposal presented to the UN Security Council condemning Israeli settlement on Palestinian land," it read.
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