UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A draft measure with a definitive timetable for a full withdrawal of Israeli forces from the West Bank, targets for Palestinian sovereignty and territorial exchanges received the support of Arab countries at the United Nations Security Council.
The resolution was formally shared with the 15 Security Council members Wednesday after a day of lobbying by Palestinian U.N. representatives. It offers an ambitious road map to statehood for Palestine, and includes the sharing of Jerusalem, with Israel, for a national capital and the withdrawal of Israeli forces by the end of 2017. The two-state solution, with Israel and Palestine existing side by side, is based on a French U.N. proposal, although reference to recognition of Israel as a Jewish state was removed from the new measure.