RAFAH, GAZA - JANUARY 22: Palestinian citizens displaced from the city of Khan Yunis due to Israeli raids travel to the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip on January 22, 2024 in Rafah, Gaza. The toll since the Oct. 7 war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas now exceeds 25,000 dead and 62,000 injured, according to the territory's health ministry.
The United States has voted against a Palestinian request for full United Nations membership, blocking the world body from effectively recognizing a Palestinian state.Posted: Apr 18, 2024 5:34 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes agoThe United States has used its position as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council to veto a Palestinian request for full membership into the United Nations. The final tally of the vote was 12 in favour, two abstentions and one against.
The U.S. said an independent Palestinian state should be established through direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority and not through U.N. action. It vetoed a draft resolution that recommended to the 193-member U.N. General Assembly that "the State of Palestine be admitted to membership of the United Nations." Britain and Switzerland abstained, while the remaining 12 council members voted yes.
The Palestinian push for full U.N. membership comes six months into a war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, and as Israel is expanding settlements in the occupied West Bank.
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