'There is unfair amount of focus on Israel in UN,' says U.S. envoy

The U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, accused the UN of "inordinately over-focus" on Israel. "There is no other country in the world that has a monthly meeting on the (Security) Council's agenda going back decades," the U.S. envoy said. Asked about recognizing the Palestinian state, Thomas-Greenfield gave an evasive response as she claimed that "a state has certain responsibilities for its people, and I do not believe the Palestinians, as they exist right now, have all of the elements to give it statehood." (Read more at Anadolu Agency).