Palestine took a seat at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday in a “historic moment” for the nation, amid strong resistance by Israel to Palestinian statehood. The Palestine Authority’s envoy, Riyad Mansour, sat at a table marked ‘State of Palestine’ between UN member states Sri Lanka and Sudan. The Palestinian Permanent Mission to the UN shared a clip on social media of the Ambassador of Egypt and the President of the General Assembly confirming the new seating arrangement for the State of Palestine delegation. “This is not merely a procedural matter. This is a historic moment for us,” Mahmoud …