It may not mean much practically speaking, but it does symbolize where the world stands in regard to the Palestinians and Israel:
YWN – The U.N. General Assembly has voted by a more than two-thirds majority to recognize the state of Palestine.
The resolution upgrading the Palestinians’ status to a nonmember observer state at the United Nations was approved by the 193-member world body late Thursday by a vote of 138-9 with 41 abstentions.