US should veto the anti-Israel resolution: Netanyahu

The Egyptian-drafted resolution demands that “Israel immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem” al-Quds. 

It says the Israeli settlements are “dangerously imperiling the viability of the two-state solution”, calling for “affirmative steps to be taken immediately to reverse the negative trends on the ground.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has issued a message, urging the US to veto the resolution.

“The US should veto the anti-Israel resolution at the UN Security Council on Thursday,” Netanyahu tweeted.

The Knesset, the Israeli parliament, is debating a bill to legalize some 4,000 settler units in the West Bank. The UN has condemned the draft legislation as “unequivocally illegal,” saying the move would be in contravention of international law.

Israel’s settlement expansion was among the reasons behind the collapse of talks with Palestinians in 2014.