The UN General Assembly has decided to upgrade Palestine from an observer to non-member status.
There was joy from many inside the Assembly in New York, especially from Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
The 193 member states voted overwhelmingly in favour, with 138 in favour, 41 abstentions and nine voting no - the most prominent of which came from Israel and the US.
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