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Why Palestine's bid for UN membership will fail

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The Palestinian Observer Mission to the United Nations has requested the Security Council consider its bid for full membership again but the US has indicated it will block the move.

The UN Security Council is gearing up for another showdown likely to feature a US veto, this time over the question of full Palestinian membership of the United Nations.

Palestine’s last bid for full membership, in 2011, fell at the first hurdle because it did not get the requisite nine votes on the Security Council. Asked how the US will vote, US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said the American position had not changed since the last time Palestinian membership came up for consideration.

Several council members, including permanent members China and Russia, as well as rotating members Algeria, Ecuador, Guyana, Mozambique and Sierra Leone already recognise the State of Palestine. If the US mission is saying their hands are tied by US law, it is a strong indication that they are getting ready to veto.

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