The resolution was approved by 143 adhesions, against 9 countries that were against, including Israel, the United States and Argentina.
Uruguay voted in favor of the proposal Palestine to become a full member of the UN, within the framework of the General Assembly, where the initiative garnered a total of 143 adhesions.
In the midst of the armed conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza,The project recognizes that the territory meets the necessary requirements and recommends to the United Nations Security Council to “favorably reconsider the matter”, something that was rejected by 9 countries, including the Israel, the United States and Argentina, as well as the abstention of another 25.
The resolution does not grant the Palestinians full UN membership, but simply recognizes them as eligible to join, although it “determines that the State of Palestine must be admitted as a member.”
It is worth remembering that the United States veto a widely supported Council resolution on April 18.
The word of the Palestinian ambassador and Israel’s response
The Palestinian push for full UN membership comes seven months after the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. “We want peace, we want freedom,” said the Palestinian ambassador to the UN, Riad Mansur, in the run-up to the vote.
“An affirmative vote is a vote for Palestinian existence, it is not against any State. It is an investment in peace. Voting yes is the right thing to do,” he said.
For his part, the Israeli ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, expressed: “While many of you hate the Jews, “They don’t care that the Palestinians are not peace-loving.”
In turn, he accused the Assembly of destroying the UN Charter, using a small shredder to destroy a copy of the Letter while it was at the lectern and declared: “Shame on you.”
Source: Ambito
