What lies ahead at the UN?

Q+A | UN Status

The Palestinians have vowed to upgrade their UN status, either by seeking full United Nations membership for a Palestinian state in the Gaza Strip and West Bank or recognition as a "non-member state".

If the Palestinians ignore opposition from the United States and Israel and pursue full membership of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, the bid would almost certainly fail because Washington would veto it in the UN Security Council.