U.N. Adds New Name: "State of Palestine"

What's In A Name?

Ali Gharib obtained the U.N. letter officially designating the "State of Palestine."

Published Dec. 20 2012 1:30PM EST

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The United Nations bureaucracy now recognizes—at least in name—two "states" between the Jordan river and the Mediterranean Sea. One, of course, is the long-since established State of Israel.

Ali Gharib

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U.N. Adds New Name: "State of Palestine"

Ali Gharib obtained the U.N. letter officially designating the "State of Palestine."

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Ali Gharib