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Israel Blocks Palestinian Bid for Observer Status at UN Disarmament Panel
(Times of Israel) Raphael Ahren - At the first public plenary of the UN Conference on Disarmament (CD) in 2019, 33 states were granted observer status, "while the Palestinian bid was the only one to be rejected, denying yet another Palestinian attempt to politicize the work of professional international organizations," the Israel Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. The Palestinian bid was supported by Iran, Turkey, North Korea and Venezuela, but Israeli diplomats, "in close coordination with the U.S.," managed to block the move, according to the ministry. "The CD is a professional forum for negotiation and Israel, together with others, will object to any attempt to politicize this forum."