The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, tonight condemned the Biden administration’s veto of a U.N. resolution that could have resulted in full United Nations membership for the State of Palestine.
The Security Council voted 12 in favor, with the United States opposed and two nations abstaining.
In a statement, Washington, D.C., based CAIR said:
“The Biden administration should be ashamed and embarrassed after 12 nations rejected its plea to vote against membership for the State of Palestine, forcing the United States to stand alone with another unjust veto.
“For decades, the UN Security Council has failed to prevent unjust wars and genocide around the world. The world should no longer accept a flawed system in which five nations can exercise veto power over the affairs of more than eight billion people, including nearly two billion Muslims who are not represented among the five permanent members.
“Nations and people of the world must push for the UN Security Council to be either radically reformed or abolished altogether in the years ahead.”
Earlier today, CAIR called on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to enforce the recommendations made by a State Department special panel to suspend U.S. weapons transfers to Israeli military and police units due to its human rights violations.
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