U.S. vetoes call for protection

Wednesday, September 17, 2003

UNITED NATIONS -- The United States vetoed an Arab-backed U.N. resolution Tuesday demanding that Israel halt threats to expel Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat from the West Bank, because it did not contain a condemnation of terrorist groups such as Hamas.

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