The UN Has Passed A Resolution Demanding Israel To End Its Illegal Occupation Of Palestinian Territories
The resolution — titled “Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine” — calls for Israel to withdraw from all occupied Palestinian land and reaffirmed Palestinians’ right to self-determination and an independent state.
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has passed two resolutions demanding that Israel end its occupation of Palestinian territories and the Syrian Golan Heights, stressing that acquiring land by force is illegal under international law.
The resolution — titled “Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine” — calls for Israel to withdraw from all occupied Palestinian land and reaffirmed Palestinians’ right to self-determination and an independent state.
The vote, which took place on Dec. 3, passed by 151 countries in favor, 11 against and another 11 abstentions.
The resolution says Israel must stop building and expanding settlements, evacuate settlers from occupied land and end its military presence in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza.
It also calls on all countries not to recognize any territorial changes imposed by Israel and not to provide material or financial support that helps sustain the occupation.
The Palestinian presidency welcomed the vote as “a reaffirmation of the world’s commitment to the Palestinian people’s rights and freedom,” saying it showed overwhelming international consensus in support of a state of Palestine with East Jerusalem as its capital.
A second resolution, “The Syrian Golan,” passed with 123 votes in favor, 7 against and 41 abstentions.
It declared Israel’s 1981 move to impose its laws and administration on the occupied Golan Heights “null and void” and demanded it withdrawal to the pre-1967 lines.
Syria’s representative said that “the occupied Syrian Golan is Syrian Arab land” and that his country has every right to fully restore this territory up to the June 4, 1967 line.
Israel and the US voted against both measures, with Israel’s representative saying the resolutions “ignore Hamas, omit the Oct. 7 massacre, and distract from real diplomacy.”
The resolutions are non-binding but adds to growing diplomatic pressure on Israel after the International Court of Justice found in July 2024 that Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories is illegal and in violation of international law.
Cherry Mohamed
Cherry Mohamed
Cherry Mohamed
