The US president is pushing a UN resolution that would hand Washington the powers London once held over Palestine.


Jeffrey D Sachs is a University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University. He is also President of the U... N Sustainable Development Solutions Network and a commissioner of the UN Broadband Commission for Development.
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