Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas rejected requests by the Biden administration to not move forward with a vote at the United Nations Security Council on accepting Palestine as a full member of the UN. My story on Axios
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Barak Ravid Axios The biden veto shows the Palestinians state was never a real proposal.

Ali Barak Ravid Axios The only way for there to be a legitimate, sovereign Palestinian state, is for the two parties in the region who are splitting the land, to negotiate and come to an agreement, not for the UN to step in and say Palestine is now a state, that doesn't solve anything

Elazar Ali Barak Ravid Axios That’s exactly how Israel was founded. Why is there an Israel exception to everything?

Toronto Subways or Mike Sampat Ali Barak Ravid Axios Except, it's not how Israel was founded, do a little more research. Israel's sovereign borders when it officially became a state only bordered Egypt and Jordan, there was no Palestine trying to split the land in half. Also there's a historic precedent for Israel's existence.

Elazar Ali Barak Ravid Axios You’re right Israel was founded on mass murder, terror and rape campaigns by Irgun and Stern. UN, well Western countries mostly, only provided the diplomatic backing for its establishment.

Toronto Subways or Mike Sampat Ali Barak Ravid Axios That's not what Israel was founded on, and Israel didn't start existing in 1948, it has existed as a kingdom, as a place, as a people, for 3500 years