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UN Votes to Give Palestine Non-Member Observer State Status

Yesterday, the General Assembly gave the Palestinian Territories new status at the United Nations. Opposition, including that of the US, mustered just nine voters against 138. Last night, Israel took steps toward expanding settlements in disputed East Jerusalem.

By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

Yesterday, the General Assembly gave the Palestinian Territories new status at the United Nations. Opposition, including that of the US, mustered just nine voters against 138. Last night, Israel took steps toward expanding settlements in disputed East Jerusalem. UN Ambassador Susan Rice faulted the resolution for placing "further obstacles in the path to peace…Today's grand pronouncements will soon fade, and the Palestinian people will wake up tomorrow and find that little about their lives has changed."

Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Katie Cooper
Producer, 'One year Later'
Frances Anderton
architecture critic and author
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Managing Producer, Greater LA
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Al Monitor
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Council on Foreign Relations; author of “The Sovereignty Wars: Reconciling America with the World”

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UN Votes to Give Palestine Non-Member Observer State Status

Yesterday, the General Assembly gave the Palestinian Territories new status at the United Nations. Opposition, including that of the US, mustered just nine voters against 138. Last night, Israel took steps toward expanding settlements in disputed East Jerusalem.

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UN Votes to Give Palestine Non-Member Observer State Status

Yesterday, the General Assembly gave the Palestinian Territories new status at the United Nations. Opposition, including that of the US, mustered just nine voters against 138. Last night, Israel took steps toward expanding settlements in disputed East Jerusalem.

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