OIC slams US for vetoing Palestine bid for full UN membership

“The Organization of Islamic Cooperation expressed its deep regret at the failure of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to shoulder its responsibilities for granting the State of Palestine full membership in the UN, while the Palestinian nation are subjected to the harshest level of aggression, persecution and genocide,” the OIC said in a statement on Friday, according to Press TV.

According to the statement, the US veto of the draft resolution, which recommended granting Palestine a full UN membership, on Thursday, “violates the provisions of the United Nations Charter…