After the UN General Assembly backed Palestinian membership, Deputy US Ambassador to the UN Robert Wood said after the vote that unilateral measures at the UN and on the ground will not advance a two-state solution, Reuters reports.

“Our vote does not reflect opposition to Palestinian statehood; we have been very clear that we support it and seek to advance it meaningfully. Instead, it is an acknowledgement that statehood will only come from a process that involves direct negotiations between the parties,” he said.