A United Nations resolution in support of Palestinian membership passed with overwhelming support on Friday, and granted new privileges to the Palestinian Authority in its current capacity as a ...
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United Nations Security Council is scheduled to vote Friday on a Palestinian request for full U.N. membership, said diplomats, a move that Israel ally the United ...
“This vote does not reflect opposition to Palestinian statehood, but instead is an acknowledgment that it will only come from direct negotiations between the parties,” he said through a statement.
The UN General Assembly may vote on recognizing Palestinians as full members, likely gaining approval despite concerns, affecting US funding and statehood. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ...
Canada is one of 25 countries that abstained from a United Nations vote on Palestinian membership. On Friday, the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly backed a Palestinian bid to become a full UN ...
UN to vote on resolution that would grant Palestine new rights and ... The renewed push for full Palestinian membership in the U.N. comes as the war in Gaza has put the more than 75-year-old ...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on Friday to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine and called on the Security Council to reconsider Palestine ...
The Palestinian Authority will now request full membership from the Security Council, according to Mansour. The US has already warned that it will likely veto such a request in the Security ...