Palestinians celebrate in the West Bank city of Hebron on Nov. 29, 2012 after the UN General Assembly (UNGA) voted to recognize Palestine as a non-member state. The UNGA on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to grant an upgrade of the Palestinian status at the UN from "entity" to "non-member state". (Xinhua/Mamoun Wazwaz) 
Palestinians celebrate in the West Bank city of Hebron on Nov. 29, 2012 after the UN General Assembly (UNGA) voted to recognize Palestine as a non-member state. The UNGA on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to grant an upgrade of the Palestinian status at the UN from "entity" to "non-member state". (Xinhua/Mamoun Wazwaz) 
Palestinians celebrate in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Nov. 29, 2012 after the UN General Assembly (UNGA) voted to recognize Palestine as a non-member state. The UNGA on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to grant an upgrade of the Palestinian status at the UN from "entity" to "non-member state". (Xinhua/Ayman Nobani) 
Palestinians celebrate in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Nov. 29, 2012 after the UN General Assembly (UNGA) voted to recognize Palestine as a non-member state. The UNGA on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to grant an upgrade of the Palestinian status at the UN from "entity" to "non-member state". (Xinhua/Ayman Nobani) 
Palestinians celebrate in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Nov. 29, 2012 after the UN General Assembly (UNGA) voted to recognize Palestine as a non-member state. The UNGA on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to grant an upgrade of the Palestinian status at the UN from "entity" to "non-member state". (Xinhua/Ayman Nobani) 
Palestinians celebrate for a UN vote that granted Palestine the status of a non-member state, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on Nov. 29, 2012. (Xinhua/Chen Xu)
Palestinians watch a display screen broadcasting President Mahmoud Abbas' speech near the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on Nov. 29, 2012. The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to grant an upgrade of the Palestinian status at the UN from "entity" to "non-member state". (Xinhua/Luay Sababa) Palestinians celebrated in the West Bank city of Hebron on Nov. 29, 2012 after the UN General Assembly (UNGA) voted to recognize Palestine as a non-member state. The UNGA on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to grant an upgrade of the Palestinian status at the UN from "entity" to "non-member state".