The Czech Republic is the only EU state to join Israel in voting against Palestine's bid for 'observer state' status in the UN.(New York) – Palestinian leaders should pursue ratification of core international human rights treaties and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).As the Palestinians celebrated the United Nations General Assembly's decision to upgrade the Palestinian Authority's status, President Mahmoud Abbas said that the resolution will require the world hold Israel accountable for the infractions it hasThe vote, which changes Palestine's U.N. observer status from "entity" to "non-member observer," represents a unilateral Palestinian bid to become an internationally recognized sovereign state. Both the United States andThe Czech Republic is the only EU state to join Israel in voting against Palestine's bid for 'observer state' status in the UN.
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