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.
Today In Labor History March 27, 1866: President of the United States of America Andrew Johnson vetoed the Civil Rights Act of 1866. However, Congress overrode his veto and passed the bill, the first time this had occurred over any major legislation. The bill was the first in the U.S. to define citizenship, and to affirm equal rights under the law for all citizens, including African Americans. Johnson’s rationale for the veto was that the law “discriminated” against whites in favor of blacks.
A separate Israeli delegation, which includes Min of Strategic Affairs RonDermer & #NationalSecurity adv TzachiHanegbi, is to depart #Israel Mon evening, said an Israeli ofcl…. Israeli PM Benjamin #Netanyahu said he would CANCEL the delegation if the #UnitedStates did not #veto the #Gaza resolution….
Netanyahu repeated his insistence Sun that a military op in #Rafah is needed to eliminate #Hamas.
Abolish U.S. veto power in the UN Security Council!
"Yet throughout the existence of the UN, the U.S. Mission has continually exploited its veto power to assert its dominance over the world. "
"The U.S. use of its Security Council veto in practice has been one of the sources, if not the leading source, of inaction towards war crimes and crimes against humanity — Israel’s genocide of Gaza and subsequent vetoes by the United States being the most pronounced example.
It is time to recognize the undemocratic nature of the Security Council and abolish U.S. veto power."