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Image Number:
50617494
Date Created:
30.11.2012
Caption:
epa03491666 A Palestinian youth (C) waves a flag as he stands in front of a row of Israeli soldiers during a demonstration in the West Bank village of al-Masara, near Bethlehem, 30 November 2012. Palestinians were protesting against Jewish settlements and settlers living in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The United Nations General Assembly on 29 November voted 138-9 with 41 countries abstaining to upgrade the Palestinian status at the world organization to a non-member state, tacitly acknowledging Palestine as a state. The more than two-thirds majority supporting the resolution was a triumph for the Palestinians and a diplomatic defeat for Israel, which failed to convince all but a handful of nations to join it in opposition. EPA/ABED AL HASHLAMOUN
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