The Security Council rejected Palestine’s request for UN membership on Thursday, with the United States casting a veto.

Palestinian UN Ambassador Riyad Mansour, at times emotional, told the council after the vote:

“Our Palestinian people, wherever they are, want life, they cling onto life. Just like the other peoples on this planet, the Palestinians are people who aspire to freedom, to a dignified life, to a peaceful existence. The people of Palestine will not disappear. The people of Palestine will not be buried.”