March 7, 1997

The U.S. vetoes a UNSC resolution, drafted by the EU, calling on Israel to abandon plans to build a new Jewish settlement on Har Homa in East Jerusalem. (VIRI 3/7 in WNC 3/10; NYT, WP, WT 3/8; SANA 3/8, JT 3/9, QPAR, al-Quds, SA 3/10 in WNC 3/13; CSM, MM 3/10; PR 3/14; WT 3/15; MEI 3/21)