The United States has warned the U.N. Human Rights Commission it will not support “one-sided resolutions which single out the policies of Israel in the occupied territories and fail to call for equal restraint by other parties in respecting the personal safety and other human rights of Israeli citizens.”
But Kenneth Blackwell, U.S. representative to the commission, now holding its annual six-week meeting here, reiterated the American belief that “settlement activity in the occupied territories is an obstacle to the achievement of a just and lasting peace.
“We have repeatedly urged the government of Israel to refrain from establishing more settlements or expanding existing settlements,” he said.
The American delegate nevertheless called attention to the “very real and serious security concerns which Israel faces.”
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