United Nations On Friday, the General Assembly is expected to support the recognition of Palestine as a full member.
According to Reuters, Palestine is resuming its bid to become a full member of the United Nations following being vetoed by the United States in the 15-member UN Security Council last month.
This decision can be made in the form of recognition of Palestine as a United Nations member state and a positive review of the matter by the Security Council.
Friday’s poll in the 193-member General Assembly will serve as a global survey of support for the Palestinians. An application to become a full member of the United Nations needs to be approved first by the Security Council and then by the General Assembly.
While the General Assembly alone cannot grant full UN membership, a draft resolution tabled on Friday would give Palestinians some additional rights and privileges from September 2024 – such as a seat among UN members in the assembly hall – but He will not be allowed to vote in the United Nations.
Diplomats say the draft text is likely to get the support it needs to be passed.
Palestinian bids for full UN membership come seven months into the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip and at a time when Israel is expanding settlements in the occupied West Bank, which the UN considers illegal. .
Palestine currently exists as a non-member observer state in the United Nations.
If we must stand alone, we will stand: Netanyahu
On the other hand, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has said that if we have to stand alone, we will stand alone.
This statement of the Israeli Prime Minister has come out at a time when United States in Rafah by Israeli aggression of the Israel Statements of not providing weapons to
According to the Reuters news agency, the President Joe Biden “If we have to stand alone, we will stand alone,” Netanyahu said, without referring to the US announcement, following his public statement.
But Netanyahu said in an interview with American television that he hoped he and President Biden would overcome their differences over the Gaza war.
Netanyahu said: ‘We often agree but sometimes we have differences and we can overcome them.’
“I hope we can overcome these (differences) now but we will do what we have to do to protect our country,” he said.
US President Joe Biden warned for the first time in the nearly seven-month-long Gaza offensive on Wednesday that he would cut off arms supplies to Israel if Rafah is attacked.
According to the news agency AFP, in an interview given to the American broadcaster CNN, Joe Biden also expressed regret over the fact that Palestinians The use of American bombs on the area cost the lives of civilians.
The warning by President Joe Biden comes at a time when Israel has launched attacks on Rafah, a city full of Palestinian refugees seeking refuge near the Egyptian border.
Palestinian civilians say Israeli tanks and warships attacked areas of Rafah on Thursday, killing three so far.
Israel claims that Hamas fighters are hiding in Rafah, where thousands of Gazans are currently sheltering from bombardment.
Meanwhile, Israeli Defense Minister Galant said in a speech: ‘I turn to Israel’s enemies as well as our best friends and say that the State of Israel cannot be subdued. We will stand strong, we will achieve our goals. We will target Hamas and (in Lebanon) Hezbollah and we will achieve peace.’
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Benny Gantz, another member of the war cabinet, praised the unprecedented American support and logistics of the Israeli army in the war.
In his post on X, he wrote: ‘Israel has a national security and moral duty to fight for the return of its hostages and to end the threat posed by Hamas once morest southern Israel, and it is also America’s moral duty. And there is a strategic obligation to provide Israel with the equipment it needs for that mission.’
The US is trying to advance talks between Israel and Hamas, brokered by Egypt and Qatar, that might lead to the release of some prisoners.
Israel has rejected Hamas’s demand for an end to the Gaza war, while Israel is only willing to accept a (temporary) ceasefire.
On Thursday, negotiators did not reach a conclusion following the latest meeting in Cairo, following which Israel said it would press ahead with its plan for the Rafah operation.
Israeli army spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said in a briefing that the armed forces have enough weapons for Rafah and other operations.
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