If the UN General Assembly was the voice of God when it created Israel, why not now?

UN vote recognizes state of Palestine; US objects

Of course, that UN back in the day was a bit more of a great power cat’s paw.

And nowadays we should really just give up that "American exceptionalism" crap and stop trying to be the "indispensable nation" all the damned time.

Says the story,

Full membership requires Security Council approval, with no vetoes.

The non-member observer state status only required a majority vote of the General Assembly.

The vote granted the Palestinians the same status at the U.N. as the Vatican, and they will keep their seat next to the Holy See in the General Assembly chamber.

The historic vote came 65 years to the day after the U.N. General Assembly voted in 1947 to divide Palestine into two states, one for Jews and one for Arabs.

Israel became a state but the Palestinians rejected the partition plan, and decades of tension and violence have followed.

The US and Israel, and apparently no one else, say the vote hurts the prospects for peace without a hint as to how that might be.

Just sulking, if you ask me.