So what does it mean to recognize Palestinian statehood?

那么，承认巴勒斯坦的国家地位意味着什么呢?

However republicans too have supported statehood for Puerto Rico.

然而，共和党人也支持波多黎各成为一个州。

More than 140 U.N. nations already recognize Palestinian statehood, but very few European nations have gone that far.

联合国已有 140 多个国家承认巴勒斯坦的国家地位，但只有极少数欧洲国家承认。

But republicans in Congress oppose statehood.

但是国会中的共和党人反对其成为一个州。

A good two-thirds of the UN's 193 members will vote for Palestinian statehood.

联合国193个成员国中有三分之二会投票赞成巴勒斯坦的国家身份。

One hundred years after the Declaration of Independence, the Centennial State of Colorado achieved statehood.

在《独立宣言》发表100年后，科罗拉多在建国一百周年之际取得州地位。

So slavery was permitted in the Missouri Territory at the time it asked for statehood.

所以在密苏里州要求建立的时候奴隶制是被允许的。

Once again, a New York congressman tried to put a condition on statehood for Missouri.

一名纽约国会议员再次试图为密苏里州的成立设定条件。

The two men are expected to discuss the Ukraine crisis, Syria and a Palestinian bid for statehood.

两人有望商谈乌克兰危机、叙利亚和巴勒斯坦建国提议。

It means a disaster, or catastrophe, that resulted in mass displacement and blocked their dreams of statehood.

它的意思是灾难，即导致大规模流离失所并阻止他们建国梦想的灾难。