Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...immediate problem confronting Washington was an Arab move, first made in June, to get the U.N. Security Council to endorse the Palestinians' right to self-determination. The Israelis saw this as a deadly threat to their security and demanded that the U.S. honor its pledge to veto any such action. In trying, successfully as it turned out, to get a July Security Council meeting postponed for a month, Young had met with the U.N. representative of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Israel had protested that this violated a U.S. commitment not to negotiate with or recognize the P.L.O. unless that...
...been forced to veto the draft, there almost certainly would have been outraged reactions not only from the P.L.O., but from key moderate Arab states such as Saudi Arabia and Jordan. To avoid such an outcry, and the adverse impact it could have on the U.S. role as a broker in the general peace process, was the reason Washington originally had wanted to sponsor its compromise resolution. It might head off a stronger Arab resolution and also be viewed as a positive gesture by Arab states. It was thus hoped that both Israel and the Palestinians would accept a formula...
...debate that it is scheduled to begin this week in the Security Council. Expected to be placed on the agenda is a motion that could modify 242 to recognize the Palestinians' right to their own state. While the U.S. is prepared to honor its promise to Israel and veto such a motion, Washington wants the kind of compromise resolution that Strauss outlined to Begin. In theory this might prompt P.L.O. acceptance of 242 and remove the main obstacle to open U.S.-P.L.O. contacts, thus leading to Palestinian participation in the autonomy talks...
...stormy, five-hour session, the Cabinet voted to warn the U.S. to keep its commitments to Israel, notably the promise to veto any attempts by the Arab states to alter United Nations Resolution 242, which in 1967 implicitly acknowledged Israel's right to exist...
...trust. In addition, Pan Am still has several important hurdles to clear. For example, the CAB must still give Pan Am approval after consulting with the Justice Department about whether the merger violates antitrust laws. Finally, the merger decision must go to President Carter, who can either approve or veto...