These 8 countries joined the United States in opposing the latest Palestinian UN resolution

Eight countries have joined the United States in opposing the latest UN resolution to allow Palestine to qualify for full UN membership.

The United Nations General Assembly on Friday backed the Palestinian bid for full UN membership, with 143 countries voting in favor, 25 abstaining and nine voting against.

The nine countries that opposed Palestinian recognition to join the international body are the United States, Israel, Argentina, Czech Republic, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Hungary and Papua New Guinea .

In April, the United States vetoed a Palestinian bid for recognition as a UN member state in a Security Council vote on April 18. Two countries abstained while the United States was the only one to vote.

With the adoption of the resolution, the Security Council is now recommended to adopt a “favorable” attitude towards Palestine, which in 2012 became a non-member observer state of the UN.

The push for Palestine to become a full member of the UN comes as the war between Israel and Hamas continues for seven months, shifting the focus of UN meetings to the humanitarian crisis in the Strip. Gaza, where more than 34,000 people have been killed since. The conflict began on October 7 after the Hamas terrorist attack on southern Israel that killed around 1,200 Israelis.

Riyad Mansour, Palestine’s ambassador to the UN, told the body that voting “yes” on the resolution was the right choice.

“Voting ‘Yes’ is the right thing to do and I can assure you that you and your country will be proud, for years to come, to have stood up for freedom, justice and peace in these darkest hours,” said Mansour before the vote.

Israel’s Ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, brought a paper shredder as he spoke at the lectern and denounced those who showed a willingness to support the resolution.

“Shame on you,” he said, shredding the copy of the UN charter.

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