The United Nations held its annual “Day of Solidarity With the Palestinian People” on Thursday. The day commemorates the day in 1947 when the UN voted to partition British Mandatory Palestine into two states, one Jewish and one Arab. Since 1977, the day was officially marked as a day for the “Palestinian people,” which is generally a day of mourning.
Ambassadors from Iran, Syria, and Lebanon will speak to the UN General Assembly as part of the day’s events. Israeli ambassador Dan Gillerman will speak as well.