US to veto Palestinian request for full UN membership
The U.S. will use its veto power against a Palestinian bid to be recognized as a member state of the United Nations during a vote at the Security Council expected to take place Thursday evening.
Vedant Patel, principal deputy spokesperson for the State Department, described as premature an effort by the Palestinian Authority (PA) to gain member status at the U.N.
He said there was not unanimity among the Security Council's 15 members that the Palestinian Authority had met the criteria for membership, with unresolved questions over the governance of the Gaza Strip, where Israel is in a war to defeat and eliminate the controlling power, Hamas.
"And for that reason, the United States is voting no on this proposed Security Council resolution," Patel said.
The PA launched a bid for statehood recognition at the U.N. as part of efforts to legitimize its leadership amid Israel's war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip and escalating unrest in the West Bank, with surging violence between Israelis and Palestinians.
The U.S. is working on a plan to "revitalize" and "reform" the Palestinian Authority and prepare it for governance of the Gaza Strip. It is part of a larger plan to have Gulf and Arab partners participate in stabilizing Gaza in the aftermath of Israel's war and establish open ties with Israel.
"We do not think that actions in New York, even if they are the most well-intentioned, are the best appropriate path," Patel said.
"It remains our view that the most expeditious path toward statehood for the Palestinian people is through direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority with the support of the United States and other partners who share this goal."
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