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U.N. tweet had 'typo of epic proportions'

Twitter message released on day of Palestine vote mistakenly called for 1-state solution

(YNetNews) As the United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly voted to grant the Palestinian Authority the status of a nonmember state on Thursday, the global body accidentally published a tweet calling for a “1-state solution” to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.

“On Day of Solidarity with Palestinians, Ban Ki-moon stresses urgency of reaching 1-state solution,” the post read.

According to Yahoo News, the message went out to the UN’s 1,132,872 Twitter followers before being promptly taken down and replaced with a corrected version:

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