António Guterres, the United Nations secretary-general, signing a book of condolences for the death of Theo-Ben Gurirab, an ex-prime minister of Namibia and president of the 54th session of the General Assembly, July 20, 2018. RICK BAJORNAS
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The Palestinians are seeking a vote in the United Nations’ Security Council on a resolution favoring their statehood, unquestionably a reasonable proposal in the minds of most of the world’s people. Of course, the United States, a permanent member of the Security Council, would automatically veto such a resolution, as it vetoes all efforts to restore order to the chaos of the Middle East. And of course, were such a resolution somehow miraculously to pass, Israel would simply ignore it, as it has ignored a long list of binding UN resolutions.
