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Article: U.N.'S VOTE ON `PALESTINE' SHOWS U.S. POLICY ISOLATION.(Local)(Column)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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- July 9, 1998
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Byline: Holger Jensen
The United Nations has upgraded the status of ``Palestine'' from that of observer to non-voting member - one step closer to statehood - brushing aside American and Israeli objections.
Tuesday's General Assembly vote was 124 nations in favor, 4 against, with 10 abstaining.
The only countries that sided with Israel and the United States in a futile bid to quash the resolution were Micronesia and the Marshall Islands - two Pacific archipeligoes that were once little more than American colonies, are still dependent on U.S. good will, with a combined population of 165,000.
That, if nothing else, should send a clear ...