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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  • livus
    8•27 days ago

    This is why we can’t have nice things.