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Image Number:
50617998
Date Created:
30.11.2012
Caption:
epa03492155 Palestinian protesters attached a placard on a wall in front of Israeli soldiers (not seen), during a demonstration against the Jewish settlements and settlers living in the Israeli occupied West Bank, in the West Bank village of al-Masara near Bethlehem, 30 November 2012. The United Nations General Assembly voted 138-9 with 41 countries abstaining on 29 November to upgrade the Palestinian status at the world organization to a non-member state, tacitly acknowledging Palestine as a state. The more than two-thirds majority supporting the resolution was a triumph for the Palestinians and a diplomatic defeat for Israel, which failed to convince all but a handful of nations to join it in opposition. The resolution returns the Palestinian issue to the top of the world agenda, after being overshadowed by Iran's suspected nuclear weapons drive. EPA/ABED AL HASHLAMOUN
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