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The United States on Thursday (April 18) effectively stopped the United Nations from recognising a Palestinian state by casting a veto in the Security Council to deny the Palestinian Authority full membership of the world body.<br/><br/>It vetoed a draft resolution that recommended to the 193-member UN General Assembly that \
The United States on Thursday (April 18) effectively stopped the United Nations from recognising a Palestinian state by casting a veto in the Security Council to deny the Palestinian Authority full membership of the world body.<br/><br/>It vetoed a draft resolution that recommended to the 193-member UN General Assembly that \
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