UN Security Council panel fails to agree on Palestinian statehood bid

[azurnoir]

A UN Security Council committee said on Friday it had failed to reach agreement over a Palestinian application for full membership in the United Nations, the Portuguese UN ambassador said.

The decision by the council's admissions committee brought the Palestinian Authority's push for UN recognition of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, one step closer to collapse.

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The Palestinians currently have only eight supporters, diplomats say. If the Palestinian delegation chooses to force a vote without securing nine votes, the United States would not need to use its veto power to block it.

A draft report of the committee, which includes all 15 council members, detailed the deadlock among council members. Now that the committee has formally approved it, the issue will revert back to the Security Council.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/un-security-council-panel-fails-to-agree-on-palestinian-statehood-bid-1.395072

[vminfla]

1. Fails to agree = Rejects

What twisted Orwellian doublespeak. "The football team came in second to their opponnents" or "He would have been the winning candidate except for the fact that he had less votes."

[azurnoir]

2. not really it means its more like keeping the ball in play

without either side making a touchdown

[ProgressiveProfessor]

3. Its dead until there is some fundemental change in circumstances

Membership, who is in charge in Israel and/or the PA, Hamas flames out...