Palestinians: We refused request by Kerry to hold off on UN request until after Israeli elections
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki said that US Secretary of State John Kerry tried to persuade the Palestinians to hold back with their UN Security Council proposal last week, which attempts to set a timeline for Israeli disengagement of territory for a future Palestinian state.
According to Al-Maliki, Kerry said that this type of decision would have an impact on the upcoming Israeli elections but Al-Maliki said that the Palestinians refused to accept the request.
