The United States has vetoed a widely backed U.N. resolution that would have paved the way for full United Nations membership for Palestine.

The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 12 in favor, the United States opposed and two abstentions, from the United Kingdom and Switzerland. U.S. allies France, Japan and South Korea supported the resolution.

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  • Lexi SneptaurEnglish
    241·
    7 months ago

    For some reason this comment helped me relax a bit about this. Wild how slow progress is

    • livus@kbin.social
      5·
      7 months ago

      For some reason

      This is the reason:

      "You know what I’ve noticed? Nobody panics when things go “according to plan.” Even if the plan is horrifying!

      • Lexi SneptaurEnglish
        2·
        7 months ago

        Very insightful. I’ll be using this in the future. Thanks!