“A vote will be held on the resolution regardless of all the pressure Washington would exert on the Palestinians as well as our Arab state allies”

The UN Security Council (UNSC) is to vote on a resolution that calls for a cessation of Israeli settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territories.

“A vote will be held on the resolution, filed by Arab diplomats, regardless of all the pressure Washington would exert on the Palestinians as well as our Arab state allies,” Ma'an news agency quoted Saleh Raafat, a member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, as saying on Tuesday.

“Even though the United States may use its Security Council veto power to stop anti-Israeli initiatives, Palestinian diplomats at the United Nations are ready to use (the) Uniting for Peace Resolution to have their draft resolution passed," he added.