UN Security Council Revives Palestinian Statehood Bid, But U.S. Urges More Progress in Israel-Palestine Relations Before Approval
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The U.N. Security Council revived the Palestinian Authority's hopes of joining the U.N. as a full member state, but the U.S. said relations between Israel and Palestinians are not yet ready.
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The U.S. can veto any Security Council action on Palestinian U.N. membership. The U.S. said Palestinians need to exert control over all territories and negotiate statehood with Israel first.
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Supporters asked the Security Council last week to revive the 2011 Palestinian application for U.N. membership. The new bid comes as the Israel-Hamas war nears 6 months.
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Israel's ambassador said the Palestinian goal has always been to annihilate Jews, and the same genocidal ideology the U.N. was founded to combat still exists among Palestinians.
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A committee weighing membership applications will meet again Thursday. The Palestinian U.N. ambassador called it a historic moment revived again.