Die USA hindern die Vereinten Nationen daran, einen palästinensischen Staat durch Mitgliedschaft anzuerkennen

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1. Seems reasonable to do so until there’s a prospective government for it which doesn’t actively support terrorism.

2. What would the borders of that state even be?

3. The aggrieved parties need to be the ones to agree.

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5. I thought Iran was a recognized state already?

6. Does Palestine have a legitimate recognized government? Does it have accepted, well defined boundaries? Does it have the ability to establish relations with other states?

   There are basic requirements to being a state that Palestine just does not meet.

7. Rewarding hostage-taking only ensures that it will continue to happen. Statehood is meaningless if citizens can be abducted and held until demands are met.

8. The UN is a paper tiger anyway. Joining them would not stop israel from continuing to punch them in the face as long as the US backs them.

9. 👍🏻

10. Have a terrorist government that calls for the extermination of another populace kinda misses the “United” part of United Nations.

11. Who would administer the state? Hamas? If so, idk why any non Islamic country would vote *for* this resolution.

12. There isnt even a viable Goverment in the West bank or Gaza. US was right to veto it. This is a stunt by the West bank reps (Fatah) to just get recognized via the UN without having to engage in dialog with Israel to settle borders and other issues

13. The majority of Palestinians don’t want another Arab entity besides Israel, they want one instead of Israel.

14. Rewarding a country for a terrorist attack and taking hostages and potentially selling them with UN membership doesn’t set a good example to be honest.

15. I mean, it’s not a country, so yeah

16. Good, as they should

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18. no rewards for terrorism

19. When united nations aren’t united, what do you call this governless, powerless body?

20. We adding the Principality Of Sealand next?

21. Can’t be a member if you are not a country.

22. you kind of have to have a country first…..

23. A state has a clearly defined govermnent. No such thing exists in Palestine. Who are you going to talk to to broker state deals, to sue for peace?

24. Humph

25. US is on the right side on this occasion, I’d have to say.

26. Thank god. They are bent on the annihilation of their neighbour!

27. Headline is wrong.

    They were requesting membership status, as an upgrade on their current permanent observer, which isn’t the same thing as statehood (the UN isn’t the arbiter of that anyway).

28. Yeah sure, Palestine before Taiwan, an actual democracy with human rights

29. Good. Hopefully, they will never, ever be a sovereign nation.