US says it will block efforts to obtain full Palestinian membership at UN

United States Department of State Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel stated that his country will veto the upcoming resolution at the UN Security Council put forward to grant a full membership status for Palestine at the United Nations in the vote that will take place later today at 9:00 PM GMT.

Patel said there the committee members were not unanimous on whether Palestine had met the necessary criteria to be defined as a state, adding that the Palestinian Authority needs significant reforms before statehood can be granted to them by the UN Security Council.

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