Trump’s Mideast envoy under fire at UNSC for attacking intl. law on Palestine issue
Tehran (KNA) - US President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy faces strong criticism from members of the UN Security Council, including Washington’s own allies, after he downplayed the world body’s resolutions on the Middle East conflict and said the Israeli-Palestinian issue cannot be resolved by relying on “fictions” of global consensus.
Addressing a UNSC meeting in New York on Tuesday, Jason Greenblatt dismissed the notion that international law and UN resolutions must serve as the foundation of any solution to the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Greenblatt said the issue will not be settled by references to international law, which he called "inconclusive."
"A comprehensive and lasting peace will not be created by fiat of international law or by these heavily wordsmithed, unclear resolutions," he said. "The vision for peace that we plan to present will not be ambiguous, unlike many resolutions that have passed in this chamber," referring to the so-called peace plan Washington had been developing without Palestine's consent to end the conflict.
Greenblatt also noted that the upcoming plan - which Trump himself calls the "deal of the century" - would not be based on "fictions of international consensus" as it is often "nothing more than a mask for inaction."
"So let's stop kidding ourselves. If a so-called international consensus had been able to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it would have done so decades ago. It didn't," he added.
His controversial comments against international law triggered strong rebuttals from the UNSC's four other permanent members, namely France, Britain, Germany and Russia.
Source: PressTV