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The United States vetoes a Security Council vote on a Palestinian bid for full United Nations membership. The draft resolution, which was introduced by Algeria and "recommends to the General Assembly that the State of Palestine be admitted to membership of the United Nations," received 12 votes in favor, two abstentions and one against. IMAGES
The new Palestinian government holds first meeting in West Bank's Ramallah. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas approved a new government last week led by Mohammed Mustafa, his long-trusted adviser on economic affairs, with representation also for women and Palestinians from Gaza. IMAGES
The Palestinian envoy in emotional remarks to the UN Security Council says the approval of a ceasefire resolution needs to be a "turning point" in ending the Gaza war. SOUNDBITE
Vedant Patel, the US Department of State deputy spokesperson, says that Israel should let the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA into Gaza, after he was denied entry. SOUNDBITE
The European Commission announces it is clearing a 50-million-euro payment to the Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA, which was under review following Israeli claims its staff participated in Hamas's October 7 attack. Commission spokesman Eric Mamer tells reporters the funds would be "implemented through international partners, such as, for example, the Red Cross and the Red Crescent." SOUNDBITE
The Palestinian envoy to the United Nations Riyad Mansour calls Washington's veto of a Security Council push for a ceasefire "absolutely reckless and dangerous." "It is not Israel that should be protected by the veto. It is Palestinian children, women and men, who must be protected by this Council acting now," Mansour says in a statement to the Security Council. SOUNDBITE
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