United Nations General Assembly
  • Palestinians celebrate as they watch a screen showing the U.N. General Assembly votes on a resolution to upgrade the status of the Palestinian Authority to a nonmember observer state, In the west bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012.
    65 years later, Palestinians celebrate a U.N. vote

    Whereas the 1947 vote establishing a Jewish state was met by widespread Muslim world outrage, the tables were turned in the streets of Palestine Thursday.

    LAST UPDATE : Dec 13, 2012, 8:00 PM EST
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