U.N. Adopts Resolution Demanding Israel Urgently End Occupation Of Palestinian Land | rssama.com

The United Nations overwhelmingly passed a solution connected Wednesday demanding that Israel urgently extremity its forbidden business of Palestinian land, a ballot that comes conscionable weeks earlier Israel’s subject violative that has caused a devastating humanitarian situation successful Gaza reaches 1 year.

Out of nan U.N. General Assembly’s 193 personnel states, 124 of them voted successful favour of nan resolution presented by nan Palestinian ngo to nan world body. Fourteen states voted against nan solution ― including Israel’s closest state and superior weapons supplier, nan United States ― while 43 states abstained. There are nary vetoes successful nan General Assembly, dissimilar nan 15-member Security Council.

“Please guidelines connected nan correct broadside of history, pinch world law, pinch freedom, pinch peace,” Palestinian ambassador Riyad Mansour, who introduced nan resolution, told nan assemblage connected Tuesday. “The replacement is what you witnesser each time connected your TV screens. And what nan Palestinian group are enduring successful their flesh. A different reality is possible. It starts now, and here. Free Palestine.”

The nonbinding resolution demands that Israel “brings an extremity without hold its unlawful presence” of occupied Palestinian territories for illustration Gaza, nan West Bank and East Jerusalem. The Israeli authorities must extremity its forbidden business by withdrawing each of its forces and evacuating its settlers from Palestinian onshore wrong nan adjacent 12 months, according to nan draft.

In addition, nan solution calls for Israel to salary reparations to Palestinians for harm accrued by its occupation, and urges personnel states to enforce sanctions connected those responsible for maintaining Israel’s beingness successful nan territories, and halt weapons transfers to Israel.

Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of Palestine to nan United Nations speaks to nan U.N. General Assembly successful New York connected Tuesday. The world assemblage voted successful favour of a solution demanding that Israel urgently extremity its business of Palestinian territories.

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“This is simply a shameful determination that backs nan Palestinian Authority’s negotiated terrorism,” Israel’s U.N. Ambassador, Danny Danon, said pursuing nan vote ― accusing nan General Assembly and nan Palestinian Authority of being sympathetic to Hamas, whose militants killed astir 1,200 group and captured hundreds successful Israel astir 1 twelvemonth ago.

Since then, nan Israeli subject has killed much than 41,000 group successful Gaza and rendered nan territory virtually unlivable. Aid groups opportunity nan illness of basal nutrient and aesculapian infrastructure has caused a humanitarian catastrophe, while aggregate U.N. personnel states and quality authorities experts person described Israel’s ongoing unit arsenic genocidal.

U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said that she voted against nan “one-sided” solution because it did not admit Hamas arsenic a violent statement and “will not bring astir tangible advancement for Palestinians.” The U.S. has unconditionally supplied Israel pinch weapons and has condemned efforts by nan world organization to clasp nan Israeli authorities accountable.

Linda Thomas-Greenfield, United States ambassador to nan United Nations, speaks during a U.N. Security Council gathering connected nan business successful nan Middle East connected Monday successful New York City. The U.N. General Assembly voted successful favour of a solution demanding Israel urgently extremity its decades-long business of Palestinian lands.

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Palestine is considered a “Permanent Observer State” aft nan U.N. rejected its petition to go a personnel authorities successful 2011. Having Permanent Observer status allows Palestine to still participate successful U.N. proceedings ― isolated from for voting connected draught resolutions and decisions successful bodies for illustration nan Security Council, General Assembly and nan six main committees.

In April, Palestine renewed its petition to go a personnel authorities by sending a missive to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who forwarded it to nan Security Council. The pursuing month, nan General Assembly passed a solution that upgrades Palestine’s perceiver authorities astatine nan body, allowing nan authorities to taxable and present proposals, make statements connected behalf of a group, afloat participate successful U.N. conferences, and elite delegates of nan State of Palestine arsenic officers successful nan plenary and nan main committees of nan General Assembly.

Mansour said that bid successful nan region tin only beryllium imaginable if location is simply a just, two-state solution to nan long-debated Israeli-Palestinian conflict, based connected nan 1967 borders. And that specified a solution cannot beryllium reached if states judge “this is not nan correct clip for specified action,” he said.

“I guidelines connected this podium, astatine this historical and tragic juncture, to show nan Palestinian group that a alteration is going to come, that their destiny is not endless suffering and agony, that state is their birthright and their destiny,” Mansour told nan General Assembly. “We are not a group excessively many. We are not a problem. We are a federation that asks for thing much than your nations, but tin judge thing less.”

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