The United States has vetoed a widely backed U.N. resolution that would have paved the way for full United Nations membership for Palestine.

The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 12 in favor, the United States opposed and two abstentions, from the United Kingdom and Switzerland. U.S. allies France, Japan and South Korea supported the resolution.

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  • @Viking_Hippie
    6•28 days ago

    The British people aren’t that pro-imperialist in general anymore and, while the current government very much IS, I’m pretty sure that it’s almost election time, so they have to be careful about being too honest about it right now…