UN General Assembly grants more rights to Palestine and calls for reconsideration of its accession

The General Assembly on Friday granted Palestine more rights to participate in UN affairs, even though the state has not yet been able to acquire full membership status.

This decision was adopted in a resolution, concerning the status of Observer State of Palestine in the United Nations, which was approved by 143 votes in favor, 25 abstentions and nine once morest, reported UN News.

They also explained that the resolution follows the veto issued by the United States in the Security Council on April 18, which blocked the admission of Palestine as a full member state of the UN.

For his part, Ryan Mansour, Palestinian ambassador, said following the decision that this was “a vote in favor of the existence of Palestine (…) That is why the Israeli government is so opposed. Because it is totally opposed to our independence and the two-state solution.”

The Israeli ambassador, meanwhile, claimed that the text grants rights and privileges to the future Hamas terrorist state and pulled out a small paper shredder into which he shoved a copy of the UN charter accusing states of destroying it.

The resolution adopted today lists significant changes to the status of the State of Palestine at General Assembly meetings and conferences, including its order in the list of speakers and seating arrangements.

It also “recommends” to the Security Council that it reconsider favourably the question of the accession of Palestine, in accordance with Article 4 of the Charter of the United Nations and the opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 1948.