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US Arms Still Flow to Post-Coup Thailand; French Lawmakers Recognize Palestine
US Arms Still Flowing to Thailand Despite Recent Coup. In the six months since Thailand’s military coup, the United States has exported tens of millions of dollars’ worth of military equipment to the unelected government there and continues to cooperate closely with the Thai military.
French Lawmakers Vote to Recognize Palestine. The non-binding resolution was approved by the National Assembly, the lower house of Parliament, 339 to 151. The “resolution is concerned with reinforcing our country’s diplomatic action, prevailing over hate speech everywhere and contributing to the establishment of peace in the Middle East,” the text reads. “The recognition of the Palestinian state must be accompanied by a beneficial and immediate return toward negotiation,” it states.France is spearheading a drive at the United Nations to unfreeze the moribund peace process and the Palestinian envoy to the U.N. said earlier Tuesday a draft resolution could be submitted to the Security Council by mid-December. In addition to following Sweden’s official recognition of Palestinian statehood this year, France’s measure comes after a flurry of similar symbolic votes in the UK, Spain and Ireland.
