"...Vote 'won't change anything', Israel says..."
"The resolution in the UN today won't change anything on the ground," Netanyahu declared. "It won't advance the establishment of a Palestinian state, but rather, put it further off."Netanyahu said the Palestinians will not win a state until they recognize Israel as the Jewish homeland, declare an end to their conflict with the Jewish state and agree to security arrangements that protect Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday the UN General Assembly's recognition of an independent state of Palestine will not advance the Palestinians' quest for a homeland. (Gali Tibbon/Associated Press)The United States was also sharply opposed to the resolution."No one should be under any illusion that this resolution is going to produce the results that the Palestinians claim to seek, namely to have their own state, living in peace next to Israel," said U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland.
With files from the CBC's Tom Parry, David Common and The Associated Press
