UN Approves Palestinian Statehood
The UN General Assembly has made a resolution advancing "irreversible" path to Palestinian statehood.
The resolution was approved by a majority of 142 countries, with 10 voting against and 12 abstaining, on the "New York Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution."
Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon responded to the resolution, stating, "This one-sided declaration will not be remembered as a step toward peace, only as another hollow gesture that weakens this Assembly’s credibility…This is not diplomacy. It is theatre.
"The only beneficiary is Hamas…When terrorists are the ones cheering, you are not advancing peace; you are advancing terror.”
Israeli authorities have been vocally critical of plans to recognize a Palestinian state, arguing such a move would reward Hamas for its terrorism and perpetuate future violence.
International bodies have expressed a preference that the Palestinian Authority would take over leadership of a Palestinian state, despite having been ousted from the Gaza Strip nearly 20 years ago. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asserted that the PA would not have a role in governing the Strip.
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