The United States says it will veto a new U.N. Security Council resolution demanding an immediate Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank. The Arab-backed resolution, which also calls for an end to the siege of Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat’s Ramallah headquarters and stationing of international monitors in the region, is being debated Thursday.
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