Palestinian Authority denounces US veto on UN membership bid

On Thursday, the Palestinian Authority expressed strong condemnation of the US veto of a Security Council draft resolution advocating for the full United Nations membership of a Palestinian state.

The PA said in a statement that the US veto was "unfair, unethical and unjustified".

The US policy "represents a blatant aggression against international law and an encouragement to the pursuit of the genocidal war against our people... which pushes the region ever further to the edge of the abyss", Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas's office said in a statement.