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General Assembly set to vote on more rights for Palestinians at UN

The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly for a ceasefire in Gaza. © ANGELA WEISS, AFP

After a US veto foiled the Palestinians' drive for full UN membership, the General Assembly is expected on Friday to grant them some additional rights in the global body -- a symbolic win that has already irked Israel.

With the war in Gaza raging, the Palestinians in April relaunched a request dating back to 2011 to become full members of the United Nations, where their current status is a "non-member observer state."

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