Palestinians Prepare UN Draft on Israeli Withdrawal

The Palestinian leadership at the United Nations is preparing a draft resolution for a Security Council vote that sets a deadline for Israel's withdrawal from the occupied territories. The Palestinian U.N. representative, Riyad Mansour, had said the plan for a two-year timetable for an Israeli-Palestinian peace accord would be introduced Wednesday in a form that could be voted on.  By early evening, however, the 15-member council had not voted, and Mansour said there was still...

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