HAPPENING NOW:
This is unprecedented and HUGE.
The UN General Assembly (not the Security Council, so no veto possible) are voting on a resolution that would grant Palestine new rights and revive its UN membership bid.
This is designed to bypass the US veto on the Security Council and is virtually guaranteed to be approved given the overwhelming support that Palestine has among UN member states.
The resolution would enable Palestine to sit among member states alphabetically, speak on any agenda item at the UN, address international groups on its behalf, and submit resolutions in its name.
The resolution draft points out that this is done "on an exceptional basis and without setting a precedent."
The Israeli UN ambassador has already said that “if it is approved, I expect the United States to completely STOP FUNDING THE UN and its institutions, in accordance with American law."
This is a battle between the"Rules-Based Order" and International Law.
Mike