The U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday urged Israel to withdraw from occupied Palestinian territories and introduced plans for a June convention aimed toward reviving the two-state answer.
In a decision handed by a 157-8 vote, with the United States and Israel amongst these voting no and 7 abstentions, the Assembly expressed “unwavering support, in accordance with international law, for the two-state solution of Israel and Palestine.”
The Assembly stated the 2 states ought to be “living side by side in peace and security within recognized borders, based on the pre-1967 borders.”
It has known as for a high-level worldwide assembly in New York in June 2025, to be co-chaired by France and Saudi Arabia, to breathe new life into diplomatic efforts to make the two-state answer a actuality.
The meeting known as for “realization of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, primarily the right to self-determination and the right to their independent state.”
The United Nations considers the West Bank, east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip to be unlawfully occupied by Israel.
Israel occupied the Gaza Strip in 1967 and maintained troops and settlements there till 2005. Though it has withdrawn, it’s nonetheless thought-about the occupying energy there.
Alluding to current rulings by the International Court of Justice, the meeting known as on Israel to finish its “unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, as rapidly as possible” and halt all new settlement exercise.
“The question of Palestine has been on the U.N. agenda since the inception of the organization and remains the most critical test to its credibility and authority and to the very existence of an international law-based order,” Palestinian envoy Riyad Mansour stated.
It was a U.N. General Assembly decision in 1947 that divided British-ruled Palestine into two states – one Arab and one Jewish.
But solely the creation of Israel was proclaimed on May 14, 1948. This triggered a struggle between Israel and its Arab neighbors.
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