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There you have it folks, the World Body recognizes the Palestinian State again...Now the only question left is when will Israel vacate the illegal occupation of Palestine?
U.N. General Assembly approves Palestinian request to fly its flag
A spectator waves a Palestinian flag during the first leg of the Palestine Cup final soccer match between …
By Louis Charbonneau
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Palestine's flag will fly at United Nations headquarters after the U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a Palestinian resolution, infuriating Israel with a move that Palestinians described as a step toward U.N. membership.
- Palestinians: We have enough votes for UN flag-raising move Associated Press
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There were 119 votes in favor out of 193 U.N. members.
The United States and Israel were among eight countries that voted against the Palestinian-drafted resolution, which says the flags of non-member observer states like Palestine "shall be raised at (U.N.) Headquarters (in New York) and United Nations Offices following the flags of the member states."
What illegal occupation. How about you produce the International law that says it is an illegal occupation, and it had to be in force on or before June 1967.
And it is not just the Palestinian flag is it as you tried to imply but all non member state flags