The United Nations postponed a decision allowing the largest Jewish organization in the United States to be one of hundreds of nongovernmental organizations to consult with the U.N. Economic and Social Council. The Lebanese representative introduced a resolution Wednesday preventing Hadassah: The Women’s Zionist Organization of America from working with the council.
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