The United Nations Security Council has forwarded Palestine's request for full membership in the organization to the New Members Admission Committee.

Vanessa Frazier, Malta's U.N. Ambassador for April, has requested the Admission Committee to convene and review the issue of Palestine's membership in the United Nations this month.

"Under the provisions of rule 59 of the Provisional Rules of Procedure of the Security Council, unless the Council decides otherwise, an application for membership shall be referred by the president of the Council to the Committee on the Admissions of New Members. Accordingly, unless I hear a proposal to the contrary, I shall refer to the Committee of Admissions of New Members to request that renewed consideration be given to the application of the Observer State of Palestine during the month of April, 2024," Vanessa Frazier said.

Palestine, which currently holds non-member observer state status at the United Nations, asked the Security Council last week to reconsider its application for membership in the organization.

Previously, Palestine's application to join the United Nations was rejected by the Security Council in November 2011.

“We sincerely hope after 12 years since we changed our status to an observer state, that the Security Council will elevate itself to implementing the global consensus on the two-state solution by admitting the state of Palestine for full membership," said Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations.

At the meeting, the Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations condemned the considering of full membership for Palestine in the organization, calling it a clear violation of the United Nations Charter.

“Granting the Palestinian statehood is not only a blatant violation of the UN Charter, it also violates the fundamental principles that everyone can understand of reaching a solution, a lasting solution, at the negotiating table,” Israel's U.N. Ambassador Gilad Erdan said 

Following the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7th, the Prime Minister and other Israeli officials have opposed the creation of an independent Palestinian state.