The move blocked a resolution to support a status that Palestinians had long sought at the United Nations, where it is ...

The US vetoed a bid to make Palestine a full-fledged member of the United Nations, rebuffing a Palestinian push to gain ...

America says a Palestinian state alongside Israel is still the way forward but it must come from negotiations between the two ...

The United States blocked a U.N. Security Council resolution on Thursday to recognize the state of Palestine as a full member ...

The resolution's failure "will not defeat our determination," said Palestine's permanent observer at the United Nations.

Palestine is currently a non-member observer at the UN . Palestinian attempts to become a full member state began in 2011. It ...

The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 12 in favor, the United States opposed and two abstentions, from the United ...

The Palestinians failed to pass a major hurdle in their renewed effort to seek full United Nations membership on Thursday when the United States vetoed ... statehood for the Palestinian people ...

WhatThe United States vetoed a Palestinian bid for full United Nations membership, despite global concern over the ...

The United States on Thursday spoiled a long-shot Palestinian bid for full United Nations membership ... nine positive votes out of 15, and no vetoes -- followed by endorsement by two-thirds ...

A council resolution needs at least nine votes in favor and no vetoes by the permanent members -- US, Britain, France, Russia or China -- to pass. Palestine’s application for full UN membership ...

The US has vetoed a resolution in the UN Security Council on the latest Palestinian bid to be granted full membership of the ...