The Palestinian’s Ludicrous Bid for Full UN Membership is Denied for Now
On April 18th, Algeria, a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, submitted a draft resolution recommending to the General Assembly that Palestine be admitted to the UN as a full member state. It is currently an observer state with no voting powers. Fortunately, the Biden administration showed some backbone this time and exercised its veto power to prevent the draft resolution from passing. Twelve countries voted in favor of the resolution. France disgraced itself as one of the countries voting in favor of the Palestinians’ bid for full UN membership. Two countries, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, abstained.