At the last general meeting, a total of 143 member nations also voted in favor of the integration of Palestine. In this same meeting, there were only nine votes against and 25 abstinences.
Of the countries that did not agree with the integration of the Arab nation, there are USA, Israel, Argentina, Hungary and the Czech Republicnations that have shown their unconditional support for Israel.
On the other side of the coin, Gustavo Petro, who has been a strong critic of Benjamin Netanyahu’s governmentassured in a speech that the 143 votes in favor of Palestine would have arisen directly from a Colombian proposal.
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Due to this, in the same letter from the Foreign Ministry it was assured that the permanent mission of Colombia in the facilities of the The United Nations will support the new tasks that the Palestinian state will have within the institution.
Israel’s reaction to the vote in the General Assembly
The overwhelming support received from the international community for Palestine in the midst of the United Nations General Assembly It was not well received by the Israeli delegation.
The ambassador of this country to the UN, in the middle of his intervention, decided to take a copy of the United Nations charter and, in a symbolic act, shredded it with a small shredder of paper that went up on stage.
2024-05-11 07:04:50
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