Arab countries asked the U.N. General Assembly to reconsider a resolution that would give the Palestinians member-state status at the U.N. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the Palestinians against taking steps which would send the sides into an “unwanted spiral” of unilateral measures. A statement released by the Government Press Office cited the interim status agreement, in which both sides agreed not to take steps to change the status of the West Bank and Gaza Strip pending the outcome of permanent status negotiations.
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