This Wikipedia article is interesting: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_the_State_of_Palestine "In September 2011, President Barack Obama declared U.S. opposition to the bid in his speech to the General Assembly, saying that 'genuine peace can only be realized between Israelis and Palestinians themselves' and that '[u]ltimately, it is Israelis and Palestinians – not us – who must reach an agreement on the issues that divide them'.[342] Obama told Abbas that the United States would veto any United Nations Security Council move to recognize Palestinian statehood.[343] Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden have maintained that UNSC veto policy."