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UN chief resists Israeli pressure to scrap debate on flotilla raid
An Israeli official said the results of the meeting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held Wednesday with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon were were not clear, and that Ban had not made any promises. Their meeting focused mostly on efforts to prevent a discussion in the General Assembly of an international commission of inquiry into Israel's raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla in May.
Netanyahu asked Ban to prevent any such discussion in the General Assembly at least until the the independent commission of inquiry in Israel under Jacob Turkel completes its work.
An Israeli source said the secretary general did not offer a definitive answer and refused to promise anything.
Before the meeting with Ban, there was considerable tension among the prime minister's aides, and much of the preparation involved senior officials in the U.S. administration.