Efforts to pass a United Nations Security Council resolution acknowledging a Palestinian state were thwarted by the United States.
A report from CNN indicated that while 12 Security Council members supported the resolution, two countries – the United Kingdom and Switzerland – opted to abstain.
Nevertheless, the United States intervened and vetoed the resolution.
Following the veto, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the action, deeming it “unfair, immoral, and unjustifiable, going against the sentiments of the global community.”
Abbas emphasized that there is substantial international backing for Palestine to gain full United Nations membership.
In contrast, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz commended the US for blocking what he labeled as a “shameful proposal.”
After the US veto, Katz took to X (formerly Twitter) to assert that endorsing a Palestinian state post the significant Jewish casualties and heinous acts carried out by Hamas would essentially be rewarding terrorism.
Prior to the Security Council session, Vedant Patel, the deputy spokesperson for the US State Department, had already indicated the US’s intention to oppose the resolution.
Patel stressed that the US has consistently maintained the stance that premature actions at the UN headquarters in New York would not lead to Palestinian statehood, regardless of the noble underlying intentions.
Formal appeals for full member status for Palestine have been ongoing since 2011, with their current standing being that of a non-member observer state, as granted back in November 2012.