U.N. Council Sets Emergency Meeting on Middle East

[ze_dscherman]

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council scheduled emergency consultations on the Middle East on Monday at the request of Arab nations following Israel's assassination of a top Hamas leader and a major policy shift by President Bush.

The 15-nation council was to meet in closed-door session at noon EDT, a U.N. spokesman said.

Bush, breaking with decades of U.S. policy, announced last week that Israel would retain some of the West Bank land it captured in the 1967 Middle East war. He also rejected any right of return of Palestinian refugees to what is now Israel.

Two more paragraphs at: http://news.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=4866430§ion=news

Does anyone expect any other outcome but a U.S. veto?

[Capt_Nemo]

1. When Russia, France or China veto against the majority

Tony Blair calls it "Unreasonable Veto", go figure...

[maddezmom]

2. nope

:(

[SOS]

3. Results predicted:

Vote 12-1 with 2 abstentions.
US veto.

Move to General Assembly:

175-2

Same as every other vote.