Palestine took a seat at the UN General Assembly's 79th session, marking a historic moment for the nation.

The Palestine Authority’s envoy, Riyad Mansour, sat at a table marked ‘State of Palestine’ between UN member states Sri Lanka and Sudan.

The Palestinian Permanent Mission to the UN shared a clip on social media of the Ambassador of Egypt and the President of the General Assembly confirming the new seating arrangement for the State of Palestine delegation.

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Israel was not happy with the move, claiming the move was influenced by political favouritism and that membership privileges should be reserved for member states only.

“Any decision and or action that improves the status of the Palestinians…is currently a reward… for terrorism in general and the Hamas terrorists in particular,” said Jonathan Miller, deputy Israel ambassador to the United Nations.

  • octopus_inkEnglish
    241·
    3 months ago

    Surprised the US didn’t block it somehow.

    • Chocrates@lemmy.worldEnglish
      23·
      3 months ago

      They only have official veto power on the security council. Soft power though, I’m with you. All it took was thousands of dead civilians.