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The move at the 47-member state forum where Washington
unfailingly defends Israel, follows signals that the Obama
administration is undertaking a "reassessment" of relations with
Israel.
The last time that Washington spoke under that stand-alone
agenda item was in March 2013, U.N. records show.
"The U.S. delegation will not be speaking about Palestine
today," a U.S. spokesman in Geneva told Reuters in response to a
query as the debate began. He declined further comment.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's allies acknowledged
on Sunday that his election-eve disavowal of a Palestinian state
had caused a rift with the White House, but blamed U.S.
President Barack Obama's unprecedented criticism on a
misunderstanding.
(This story corrects to removes word "unprecedented" in
paragraph 2, adds new 3rd paragraph to clarify)
(Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay; Editing by Alison Williams)
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