UN calls for conference to advance Palestinian state

(JNS) — The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution calling for a “High-level International Conference” to be held in June to push forward the establishment of a state of Palestine.

The conference will advance implementation of U.N. resolutions regarding “the question of Palestine,” reads the resolution, one of three passed on Tuesday concerning the two-state solution.

The conference will take place in New York on June 2-4, with a preparatory meeting to be held in May.

It will adopt an “outcome document” that will outline “an irreversible pathway towards the peaceful set...