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Sundown: Palestine Gets Upgrade in UN

Plus Jerry Finkelstein, icon of New York high society and politics, dies at 96

by
Adam Chandler
November 29, 2012
Jerry Finkelstein in 1963(NYDN)
Jerry Finkelstein in 1963(NYDN)

• The United Nations General Assembly delivered the widely expected vote to elevate Palestine to non-member observer status. [Haaretz]

• The text of Israeli ambassador to the United Nations Ron Prosor’s speech against the initiative on the floor of the United Nations. [Algeminer]

• Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ speech to the United Nations ahead of the vote earlier today. [Times of Israel]

• One-of-a-kind New York Democratic powerbroker Jerry Finkelstein died yesterday at age 96. [NYT]

• A Jewish woman was reportedly murdered in Iran after trying to take a case against a mosque to court following a property dispute. [Times of Israel]

Adam Chandler was previously a staff writer at Tablet. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic, Slate, Esquire, New York, and elsewhere. He tweets @allmychandler.