The US has blocked a Palestinian bid to be recognised as a full member state at the United Nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Twelve of the 15-member Security Council were in favor, Britain and Switzerland abstained, but America vetoed the motion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The US said it still strongly supported a two-state solution, but it’s vote was “acknowledgment that it will only come from direct negotiations between the parties”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called it “unfair, unethical, and unjustified”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Israel’s foreign minister Israel Katz praised the US for blocking the move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The draft resolution had recommended to the 193-member General Assembly that “the State of Palestine be admitted to membership”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
America’s UN envoy, Robert Wood, cited Hamas’s continued control over Gaza as a key factor in blocking the motion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The group is designated a terror group by many governments, including the US and UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Palestinian Authority, based in the West Bank, is currently a non-member observer state at the UN – a position granted in 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Its bid for full membership must be passed by the Security Council and at least two-thirds of the General Assembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Palestinians want a state in the West Bank, east Jerusalem and Gaza Strip; all territory taken by Israel in 1967.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The UN has long advocated for a plan that would see a Palestinian state with secure and agreed borders created next to Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many see it as the best chance to end the decades of violence that preceded the current Israel-Hamas war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, hardliners in Israel’s right-wing government reject the idea of a Palestinian state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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