Extract from ABC News
The United States has vetoed a widely backed UN resolution that would have paved the way for full United Nations membership for the state of Palestine.
The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 12 in favour, the United States opposed and two abstentions.
The resolution would have recommended that the 193-member General Assembly, where there are no vetoes, approve Palestine becoming the 194th member of the United Nations. Some 140 countries have already recognised the state of Palestine, so its admission would have been approved.
Before the vote, US Deputy State Department spokesman Vedant Patel said the United States had "been very clear consistently that premature actions in New York — even with the best intentions — will not achieve statehood for the Palestinian people".
This is the second Palestinian attempt for full membership and it comes as the war in Gaza has put the more than 75-year-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict at centre stage.
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