White House to U.N.: First Iran, Then Mideast Peace

Wary of alienating Congress while Iran nuclear talks advance, the Obama administration is putting the brakes on a new U.N. Security Council push for an Israel-Palestine resolution.

• By Colum Lynch
• April 28, 2015 | https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/04/28/whunited-nations-un-iran-mideast-peace-israel-palestine-kerry-france-fabius-netanyahu/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Flashpoints&utm_campaign=BS%204/28%202014_FlashPoints%20[Manual]

The United States has been privately leaning on France and other allies to hold off on pushing a measure at the U.N. Security Council that is designed to force movement on the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process at least until negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program have concluded, diplomats told Foreign Policy.
The American pitch for a delay, which has not previously been reported, comes just weeks after French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius announced that he would push in a matter of “weeks” for a new U.N. “parameters” resolution that would set a fixed timetable for negotiating a political settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian dispute.https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/04/28/whunited-nations-un-iran-mideast-peace-israel-palestine-kerry-france-fabius-netanyahu/