Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
Palestinian flag raised
at United Nations headquarters
Neither is a member
state, yet. Their status is still an observer. But their flags are raised before
the United Nation’s Headquarters in New York. Palestinian Authority and Vatican
City.
This is especially a historic
moment for people in Palestine which declared its independence in 1988 by the
Palestine Liberation Organization, or PLO. Most of the areas claimed by the
State of Palestine have been occupied by Israel since 1967. Jerusalem is their
designated capital where they have only partial control. They became a
non-member observer state in the UN in 2012 but had to wait to its flag to be
raised for three years.
For their flag to be
raised, eight countries including their archrival Israel and the U.S. opposed
the motion in the UN general assembly, along with 45 abstained states.
Enjoy reading and
learning how significant this flag-raising event is to Palestine.
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