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The United States vetoed a widely backed U.N. resolution Thursday that would have paved the way for full United Nations membership for Palestine, a goal the Palestinians have long sought and Israel has worked to prevent.

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. (source) (source) (source)

After the vetoed U.N. membership vote, the Palestinian Ambassador, Riyad Mansour, gave an emotional speech demanding Palestinian statehood. Vanessa Frazier, the Security Council President from Malta, can be seen wiping a tear from her eye. (more)

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November 29

Greek translation: November 29th

International day of solidarity with the Palestinian people

Artist: Zafiris Josephides

Circa 1985

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Victor Davis Hanson - The Daily Signal

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Israel/Gaza/West Bank Round Up: Published 10/26/25 PM

Updates: Gaza humanitarian crisis ‘unchanged’, Israel keeps restricting aid

These were the developments in Gaza and the occupied West Bank on Friday, October 24.

Hunger crisis in Gaza is ‘catastrophic’ despite ceasefire, WHO chief says

Forty-one aid organizations accuse Israel of 'arbitrarily' rejecting aid shipments into famine-struck Gaza.

Israeli settlers beat Palestinian farmers on video as attacks mount during West Bank olive harvest

Video obtained by The Associated Press shows an Israeli settler beating Palestinian olive harvesters with clubs in an attack that Palestinia

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The U.N. General Assembly Building under construction, August 31, 1952.

Photo: Tom Fitzsimmons for the AP

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Your United Nations at work. From the files of the World Health Organization - 1963.

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The U. N. definition of disability:

Impairment: Any loss of abnormality of psychological, or anatomical structure or function.

Disability: Any restriction or lack (resulting from an impairment) of ability to perform an activity in the manner or within the range considered normal for a human being

Handicap: A disadvantage for a given individual, resulting from an impairment or disability, that limits or prevents the fulfillment of a role that is normal, depending on age, sex, social and cultural factors, for that individual.

Handicap is therefore a function of the relationship between disabled persons and their environment. It occurs when they encounter cultural, physical or social barriers which prevent their access to the various systems of society that are available to other citizens. Thus, handicap is the loss or limitation of opportunities to take part in the life of the community on an equal level with others.

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UN General Assembly votes to demand immediate ceasefire in Gaza | CNN

A majority of 153 nations voted for the ceasefire resolution in the General Assembly’s emergency special session Tuesday, while 10 voted aga