UN votes to back Palestinian membership, prompting Israeli envoy to shred charter – video
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The vote was a resounding expression of world opinion in favour of Palestinian statehood and Israel delivered a fiery denunciation of the resolution

The UN general assembly has voted overwhelmingly to back the Palestinian bid for full UN membership, in a move that signalled Israel’s growing isolation on the world stage amid global alarm over the war in Gaza and the extent of the humanitarian crisis in the strip. The move drew an immediate rebuke from Israel. Its envoy to the UN, Gilad Erdan, delivered a fiery denunciation of the resolution and its backers before the vote, and fed pages of the UN charter into a shredder. The Palestinian envoy, Riyad Mansour, highlighted that the vote was being held at a time when Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city that is the last haven for many people, faced attack from Israeli forces

  • Resol van LemmyEnglish
    43•2 months ago

    United States, I swear if you veto this time…

    • @Buddahriffic
      38•2 months ago

      They can’t; there is no veto power in the general assembly.

      • vortic
        16•2 months ago

        Palestine gets new rights from this but it also triggers a vote in the security council on whether Palestine will actually become a full member. The US will veto and has already signaled as much.

    • vortic
      19•2 months ago

      Palestine gets new rights from this but it also triggers a vote in the security council on whether Palestine will actually become a full member. The US will veto and has already signaled as much.

    • @rdri
      5•2 months ago

      Go on…

      • Resol van LemmyEnglish
        3•2 months ago

        The world will never look at them very fondly ever again