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Palestinian cynics said the plan couldn't be serious because if it were, the Cabinet wouldn't have approved it so decisively (16-0, with two abstentions).
Except for the LAT story, which explains Iraq said it would cancel diplomatic relations and oil contracts with France if the French supported the resolution, there's not much on the reason for the abstentions.