article_snippet: To begin with, Washington should not wait for others to draft a U.N. resolution condemning the settlements.
article_snippet: It should take the initiative, in consultation with It international partners, in drafting a resolution that lays out the detailed parameters for an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
article_snippet: a resolution that lays out the detailed parameters for an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict should of course state unequivocally that the solution rests in an Israeli withdrawal to the 1967 lines, with equivalent land swaps to incorporate some of the major settlement blocs within Israel.
article_snippet: a resolution that lays out the detailed parameters for an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict should also reiterate Israel's right to security.
article_snippet: And a resolution that lays out the detailed parameters for an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict should state clearly and unambiguously that the settlements are illegal under international law and must stop.