UN Security Council Calls on Israel to Withdraw Troops

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UN Security Council Calls on Israel to Withdraw Troops

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The UN Security Council on Saturday morning adopted Resolution 1402, calling on Israel to withdraw troops from Palestinian cities including the West Bank city of Ramallah, where Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has been besieged by Israeli troops.

Expressing "grave concern" at recent suicide bombings in Israeland the "military attack" against Arafat's Palestinian Authority headquarters, the resolution urges Israel and Palestinians to "move immediately to a "meaningful cease-fire" and calls Israel "for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Palestinian cities, including Ramallah."

The resolution, proposed by Council President Ole Peter Kolby of Norway, was approved by a vote of 14 to 0, with Syria not attending the meeting in protest and leaving its seat empty.

Syria had submitted its own resolution against Israel.

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