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Skydreamer6 t1_j2dr05w wrote

"There were 87 members who voted in favour of adopting the request; Israel, the United States and 24 other members voted against; and 53 abstained"

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omega3111 t1_j2e2jr4 wrote

Less than half voted in favor it seems, that's despite the ~56 Muslim countries automatic vote against Israel. The anti-Israel trend in the UN is decreasing.

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Skydreamer6 t1_j2ebkb5 wrote

How is 87 "less than half" of 164? It's more than half at 53 percent.

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HermitKane t1_j2f1gxf wrote

Your math is something…

The corpus is 193 members.

87 - 193 = 106

87 of 193 = 45%

106 of 193 = 55%

45% + 55%=100%

“Each of the 193 Member States of the United Nations has an equal vote.”

https://www.un.org/en/ga/

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Skydreamer6 t1_j2f9gxx wrote

Sure, if you wordsmith it right, then some won't notice what you did there. (Include non participants in your vote tally)

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