Islamabad : In the United Nations General Assembly, the resolution against the Israeli occupation of Palestine was approved by an overwhelming majority, where the resolution demanded the end of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories and said that if the resolution is not followed, Restrictions will be imposed. The text of the resolution is based on an opinion of the International Court of Justice which declared Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land since 1967 as ‘illegal’.
There were 124 votes in favor of the resolution, 14 against while 43 members abstained from voting.
The Arab countries called a special session of the Assembly a few days before the start of the General Assembly session this year. The resolution demanded that Israel end its illegal presence in the occupied Palestinian territory without delay and this resolution was presented. To be done within 12 months.
Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour said on Monday that our goal in the General Assembly is to use the historic decision of the international community and the International Court of Justice as pressure to force Israel to change its behavior. Israel at the United Nations Ambassador Danny Denon said it was a “shameful decision that supports the Palestinian Authority’s diplomatic terrorism”.
He said that instead of condemning Hamas on the anniversary of the October 7 massacre and calling for the release of all 101 remaining hostages, the General Assembly is dancing on the toes of the Palestinian Authority, which supports the killers of Hamas.
The resolution also called for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Palestinian territories, a halt to the construction of new settlements, the return of usurped land and property, and the return of displaced Palestinians.
Prior to the approval of the resolution, the Palestinian ambassador said that the resolution also called on states around the world to take steps to stop the supply of weapons to Israel because there are reasonable grounds to believe that these weapons will end up in the occupied Palestinian territories. can be used in Palestinians want to live, they want to be safe in their homes.
He said that how many Palestinians need to be killed before this inhumane treatment is stopped and before change takes place?
Before the vote, US Ambassador Linda Thomas Greenfield condemned the resolution as provocative and said it would not make peace possible.Thomas Greenfield added that the resolution would, among other things, recognize Failing that Hamas is a terrorist organization exercising its power, control and influence in Gaza, the US voted against the resolution.
While the Security Council is largely paralyzed on the Gaza issue and the US has repeatedly vetoed resolutions against its ally Israel, the General Assembly, on the contrary, has passed numerous resolutions supporting Palestinian civilians during the current conflict. Approved. Unlike the Security Council, no country has veto power in the General Assembly.
