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<p>Palestinian diplomats found international support for their complaint against Israeli settlements, but strong US opposition to raising the matter in the United Nations Security Council.</p>
<p>During a council session that lasted most of Wednesday, representatives of dozens of countries supported Palestinian complaints about continued settlement building while peace efforts falter.</p>
<p>Although a draft council resolution circulated on the matter never came to a vote &#8211; and would surely have failed because of the US objections &#8211; the Palestinians drew renewed attention to their grievances in a campaign to isolate and pressure the government of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.</p>
<p>In another move for international recognition, Palestinians raised their flag over the PLO diplomatic mission in Washington for the first time on Tuesday.</p>
<p>Early in the UN session, the US, among five permanent members on the 15-country council with veto power, signalled it would not back the resolution sponsored by Lebanon. An additional 122 countries signed on as co-sponsors.</p>
<p>It was presented as the council engaged in open debate on the Middle East, including Palestinian issues.</p>
<p>It is unclear when a vote on the matter may be scheduled, but Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian observer to the UN, suggested it may not be considered for some time.</p>
<p>&#8220;If it was up to us, we would love to see the security council acting on it immediately,&#8221; Mr Mansour said during a session break. But he acknowledged that US opposition would make it difficult.</p>
<p>Key Middle East peace issues &#8220;can be resolved only through negotiations between the parties &#8211; and not by recourse to the security council,&#8221; said Rosemary DiCarlo, deputy US representative to the UN. &#8220;We therefore consistently oppose attempts to take these issues to this council.&#8221;</p>
<p>But Ms DiCarlo said the US remained committed to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, if agreed by both parties.</p>
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