{"id":33034,"date":"2024-04-19T13:08:44","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T20:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=33034"},"modified":"2024-04-19T13:16:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T20:16:10","slug":"the-u-s-vetoes-resolution-to-upgrade-palestines-u-n-membership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/04\/19\/the-u-s-vetoes-resolution-to-upgrade-palestines-u-n-membership\/","title":{"rendered":"The U.S. Vetoes Resolution to Upgrade Palestine\u2019s U.N. Membership"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BY KOH EWE<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

APRIL 19, 2024 1:05 AM EDT (Time.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. blocked<\/a> on Thursday a draft resolution that would have allowed the United Nations General Assembly to vote on allowing a Palestinian state to become a full member state of the U.N. The move has triggered backlash from other states and pro-Palestinian groups, as global divisions continue to sharpen over Israel\u2019s war on Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. was the only nation in the 15-member U.N. Security Council to vote against the resolution. Twelve\u2014including Russia, China, France, and Japan\u2014voted in favor, while two\u2014the U.K. and Switzerland\u2014abstained. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While not a full member, Palestine has been a Permanent Observer at the U.N. since 2012, a status<\/a> that allows it to participate in U.N. proceedings but not to vote on draft resolutions and decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2011, the Palestinian Authority led by President Mahmoud Abba initiated a bid to consider Palestine as a full U.N. member. However, it was eventually dropped amid pressure from the U.S. (When the Palestinian Authority was accepted as a full member of UNESCO in 2011, the U.S. cut funding<\/a> to the cultural agency.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On April 2, the Palestinian Authority again submitted a request to reconsider its 2011 request for full U.N. membership. The U.S. has been urging the Palestinian Authority not to press ahead for a U.N. vote\u2014pressure that was ignored<\/a> by Abbas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said in a statement that \u201cthe Biden administration should be ashamed and embarrassed\u201d of its \u201cunjust veto.\u201d The Muslim advocacy group also criticized what it says are limits of the U.N. Security Council in addressing conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor decades, the UN Security Council has failed to prevent unjust wars and genocide around the world,\u201d the statement said. \u201cThe world should no longer accept a flawed system in which five nations can exercise veto power over the affairs of more than eight billion people, including nearly two billion Muslims who are not represented among the five permanent members.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.N. Security Council was established in 1945 to maintain international peace and security, as well as to recommend new U.N. members to the General Assembly. It consists of 10 rotating members elected on two-year terms and five permanent members (China, France, Russia, the U.K., and the U.S.). A typical resolution in the Security Council requires affirmative votes from nine members<\/a> to pass, though any of the five permanent members reserve veto power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Ambassador Gilad Erdan expressed disappointment<\/a> at the number of countries that have supported the Palestinian request. \u201cRegardless of the Palestinians\u2019 failure to meet the necessary criteria for UN membership, most of you sadly decided to reward Palestinian terror with a Palestinian State,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s very sad because your vote will only embolden Palestinian rejectionism even more and make peace almost impossible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Riyad Mansour, a Palestinian-American diplomat and the Permanent Observer of Palestine to the U.N., thanked<\/a> those who voted in favor of the request and reiterated his people\u2019s resolve. \u201cThe fact that this resolution did not pass will not break our will, and it will not defeat our determination,\u201d he said. \u201cWe will not stop in our effort. The State of Palestine is inevitable. It is real. Perhaps they see it as far away, but we see it as near, and we are the faithful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. has found itself\u00a0increasingly isolated<\/a>\u00a0by the international community because of its support of Israel. But as the human costs of the conflict in Gaza mount, President Joe Biden has also gradually shifted his tone towards his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, calling Netanyahu\u2019s approach to the war a \u201cmistake<\/a>.\u201d The U.S.\u00a0vetoed<\/a>\u00a0calls at the U.N. for a humanitarian ceasefire for months, but one was eventually passed in March, after the U.S.\u00a0abstained<\/a>\u00a0from voting. Still, the U.S. has maintained its support for Israel,\u00a0helping<\/a>\u00a0it recently shoot down missiles from Iran and\u00a0vowing<\/a>\u00a0\u201cironclad commitment to the security of Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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