Arab League: UN member states may soon vote to freeze Israel’s membership

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The freezing of Israel's U.N. membership might happen soon, Arab League Secretary General announced at a press conference on Monday (Nov 11) in Riyadh.  Ahmed Aboul Gheit was speaking to media after attending an Arab and Islamic summit on the situation in Gaza and Lebanon held by the leaders of OIC, Arab League and the Saudi Foreign minister.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00To be quite honest, the two-state solution was dying a slow death, and with the conflict

00:11in Gaza and the activities of Israel and the West Bank, that death was accelerating.

00:17But what we now see is that there is a significant consensus of the international community,

00:26a majority of countries, of the members of the United Nations, a significant number of

00:33the largest countries, actually, in the world, that stand very firmly behind a two-state

00:39solution.

00:40And this is a reformation that had been lacking.

00:43So I think in that context, that is significant progress.

00:47I think there is significant progress, given what we saw of several countries recognizing

00:52the state of Palestine, and others now seriously considering that recognition, including some

00:57very, very important countries.

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