This post comes just hours after the US joined just 8 other countries—including Israel—in voting “no” in the United Nations General Assembly on a non-binding motion in support of Palestinian full membership of the UN. They can’t even vote “yes”, or join the likes of the UK and Canada in abstaining, on a non-binding recommendation.
I’m skeptical there’s any substantial shift, but it does look that they are losing the narrative war and now are at least forced to act like they’re shifting position because there’s so much public backlash. So, that’s still progress.
I’ll believe it when I see it.
This post comes just hours after the US joined just 8 other countries—including Israel—in voting “no” in the United Nations General Assembly on a non-binding motion in support of Palestinian full membership of the UN. They can’t even vote “yes”, or join the likes of the UK and Canada in abstaining, on a non-binding recommendation.
I’m skeptical there’s any substantial shift, but it does look that they are losing the narrative war and now are at least forced to act like they’re shifting position because there’s so much public backlash. So, that’s still progress.