The United Nations General Assembly on Friday approved a resolution to grant expanded rights to Palestine, permitting it to operate within the U.N. framework in a form of non-voting pseudo-membership. The move drew considerable scrutiny from Washington and Jerusalem, which argued it would undercut efforts to forge a lasting peace in the region.
Only nine countries voted against the resolution, among them the United States and Israel. A further 25 abstained while 143 approved the measure. Roughly 140 U.N. member states recognized Palestine independently before the vote, according to the Jerusalem Post. The decisive vote was something of a rebuke to the U.S. and Israel, the latter of which had insisted it would effectively reward Hamas for the Oct. 7 raid on Israel.
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Author: Marty Kaufmann
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