Palestinians to seek UN resolution against occupation

(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Palestinian militants of the Ezzedine Al Qassam Brigades, Hamas's armed wing, display weapons during a parade marking the 27th anniversary of the Islamist movement's creation, in Gaza City yesterday.

RAMALLAH: The Palestinians are to present a draft resolution to the United Nations Security Council Wednesday that would set a two-year deadline for Israel to end its occupation, an official said.

"The Palestinian leadership took a decision to go to the Security Council next Wednesday to vote on their project to end the occupation," senior Palestine Liberation Organisation member Wassel Abu Yussef told AFP yesterday after a meeting in Ramallah.

The Israeli Foreign Ministry declined to comment ahead of today's meeting in Rome between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Secretary of State John Kerry.