PLO to Seek UN Resolution Setting End Date for ’Israeli’ Occupation

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The Palestinian leadership intends to seek a UN Security Council resolution setting a three year deadline for ending the "Israeli" occupation of Palestine, a PLO official said on Tuesday.

A member of the leadership of the Palestine Liberation Organization [PLO], Hanan Ashrawi, acknowledged at a news conference that the United States would veto such a resolution.

"We will be seeking a Security Council resolution on ending the occupation on a specific date," she told reporters.

"We should know that the occupation will end within three years," she added.

Ashrawi once again also brandished a threat to take "Israel" before the International Criminal Court [ICC] over its 50-day military aggression on seized Gaza. She did not say when it might do so.

"We are intending to take "Israel" to the ICC. We do not have a timeframe, we have a program of action," she said.

The Palestinians were granted observer status at the court in 2012, giving them access to the court.

Moreover, a senior PLO official, Wasel Abu Youssef, said recently last week that the organization was working to convene an international conference to set a timetable for ending the occupation.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team