The lack of readiness by the United States to use its veto power on an anti-Israel proposal in the United Nations Security Council has aroused anger among Israeli government officials who contend that its timing on the eve of foreign Minister Moshe Dayan’s arrival in Washington–was ill-timed. The proposal, which is scheduled for a vote in the Security Council late today, calls for an investigation into charges that Israel persecutes residents in the West Bank and confiscates their property.
After receiving word from the Israeli delegation to the UN that the U.S. did not intend to veto the proposal, senior Israeli officials spent the better part of this morning and last night in consultation with American officials here. Premier Menachem Begin met with American Ambassador Samuel Lewis and they spoke by telephone with Secretary of State Cyrus Vance in Washington in an attempt to underscore the seriousness of the proposal and its implications for the peace process.
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