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Palestinians celebrate in the West Bank city of Ramallaha on Nov. 29 after the U.N. General Assembly voted to recognize Palestine as a non-member state.
By NBC News and wire services:
The U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution on Thursday giving implicit recognition to Palestinian statehood despite threats by the United States and Israel to punish the Palestinian Authority by withholding funds for the West Bank government.
A resolution that lifts the Palestinian Authority's U.N. observer status from "entity" to "non-member state," like the Vatican, easily passed the 193-nation General Assembly with 138 nations voting in favor, with 41 abstaining, including the United Kingdom. Nine were opposed. Full Story
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A Palestinian man shouts slogans during a rally in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Nov. 29 to support a resolution giving implicit recognition to Palestinian statehood.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, center, Palestinian Foreign Minister Reyad al-Maliki, right, and other members of the Palestinian delegation react after a United Nations vote on a resolution to upgrade the status of the Palestinian Authority to non-member observer status on Nov. 29.
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This will certainly make things much more interesting in the West Bank. As Palestine has stated it would do all it could to work one on one towards a peaceful resolution with Israel. Unfortunately, with Hamas leadership presence, it does look like their agenda and latest action is counterproductive to such a long awaited resolution. Perhaps with its new recognition will come the will power to achieve what it was unable to before.Where much is given, much is expected. Let's see if Palestine can live up to the world's new expectations of more diplomacy and less violence. As befitting any recognized State of the U.N. Well, on second thought...