The US single-handedly blocked the UN from recognizing Palestine by vetoing a draft resolution in the Security Council that recommended that “the State of Palestine be admitted to membership of the UN.” With 12 council members voting yes, a clear majority voted in favor; only the UK and Switzerland abstained.
Meanwhile, 139 of the 193 UN member states already recognize Palestine, virtually all of the world safe for the Global North and its closest allies.
Even in the EU, several countries are set to recognize Palestine soon. Since 2012, the Palestinians have been a non-member observer state to the UN, a de facto recognition of statehood granted by the UN General Assembly.
However, the Security Council and then at least two-thirds of the General Assembly must approve an application to become a full member of the world body.
The Palestinian push for full membership came six months into Israel’s devastating war of extermination against the Gaza Strip, and as Israel is expanding settlements in the occupied West Bank, which the UN already considers to be illegal.
I know BTM isn't some peoples' favorite song (AND I AM JUDGING) but listen... BTM and HOTH live... it's like the clearest most evolved and perfect version of his 1D solos but uninterrupted for whole entire songs, it feels like everything I dreamed of listening to little snippets tacked together on repeat to hear his soft emotional angelic voice for longer, I could cry it sounds so fucking pretty
this is making me so beyond emotional. the guy who barely had solos for all of x factor and two full albums and thought that maybe he’d just never be good enough, the ‘can’t sing’ target of every stupid one direction joke on the internet, the guy who wasn’t even sure if he would or should pursue a solo career has a live album out today from his second world tour that’s still in progress. because he believed in himself, and because we believed in him. and now we get to be together on record forever 🥹