Palestinians get Unesco seat as 107 vote in favour

[August]

Originally Posted by Skybird

US veto in SC. No chance.

No US politician wanting to become - and stay as - president can afford to piss American Jewish voters that much - by allowing Palestinian UN membership and state recognition without Israel's agreement. Also, it is a strong Jewish lobby in America.

While all this may be true I should point out that American support for Israel does not come from Jewish-Americans alone as that statement implies.