BBCNEWS Newsday June 4, 2024 00:03:00
Now, the us position, as you say, has long been known. it argues that granting palestine full status would be premature, that it should not come ahead of a negotiated settlement, a bilateral agreement between palestine and israel. but nonetheless, although that was the us position, it was clear that it did not want, if it could possibly avoid it, to have to do what it did today. there are reports of pretty intense lobbying behind the scenes. the us would have liked to have got this vote delayed ...
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