Turkish Foreign Minister Ahemt Davutoğlu thinks Palestine is now a state after a United Nations vote upgraded Palestine to a non-member observer state.

Ankara / NationalTurk – Davutoglu said that despite the “upsetting” decision by the United States and United Kingdom to vote against the upgrade at the UN Palestine vote, Turkey hoped the country “would now contribute to the Middle East peace process.”

Turkish FM to Israel : Time for Israel to look into mirror and consider

“Israel should question why it wasn’t supported by all those countries at the Palestine Vote in the UN General Assembly ,” Davutoğlu stated. “And Israel should also contribute to peace. The cruelty committed against the Palestinian people is clear.”

The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly voted late yesterday to make Palestine a non-member state, inflicting what is consiedered as a major diplomatic defeat for the USA and Israel.

138 countries in the 193-member UN General assembly voted in favor of Palestine, 41 abstained incl. UK , five did not participate, while nine – including the U.S., Israel, Canada and a few Pacific island nations – voted against the proposal.

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