Awkward tweet from the UN
A one state solution tweet that could have come from Hamas.
Amazingly, it came from the United Nations.
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The @UN later corrected their tweet:
On Day of Solidarity w/ Palestinians, Ban Ki-moon stresses urgency of reaching 2-state solution j.mp/Shm6tH (corrected tweet)
— United Nations (@UN) November 29, 2012
[Related](Israel, the United States and Canada, along with a smattering of European states and a handful of other smaller nations, are expected to oppose the motion.):
On Thursday, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is to ask the UN General Assembly to recognize Palestine in the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem, areas Israel captured in 1967, as a non-member state. The vote is expected to pass with an overwhelming majority.
Israel, the United States and Canada, along with a smattering of European states and a handful of other smaller nations, are expected to oppose the motion.
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