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US veto sinks Palestinian UN membership bid in Security Council

Washington has said its position is unchanged: that the UN is not the venue for recognition of a Palestinian state, which must be the result of a peace deal with Israel.

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The majority of the UN’s 193 member states (137, according to a Palestinian count) have meanwhile unilaterally recognized a Palestinian state. PHOTO: UNSPLASH

April 19, 2024

NEW YORK – Washington has said its position is unchanged: that the UN is not the venue for recognition of a Palestinian state, which must be the result of a peace deal with Israel.

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