Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres urged the U.N. Security Council not to take “one-sided measures” and to reject a renewed Palestinian request for a U.N. observer force. The Palestinians “don’t need a protection force,” Peres told the council. “The minute they will stop shooting, there won’t be any need for protection.”
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