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Although the General Assembly\u2019s resolutions are not binding, they carry symbolic and political weight given they reflect the positions of all 193 member states of the UN.<\/p>\n
It comes after almost a year of war in Gaza, which began when Hamas gunmen attacked Israel on 7 October, killing about 1,200 people and taking 251 others as hostages.<\/p>\n
More than 41,110 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the territory’s Hamas-run health ministry.<\/p>\n
There has also been a spike in violence in the West Bank over the same period, in which the UN says more than 680 Palestinians and 22 Israelis have been killed.<\/p>\n
The advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) – which was also not legally binding – said a 15-judge panel had found that “Israel’s continued presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is unlawful\u201d and that the country was \u201cunder an obligation to bring to an end its unlawful presence… as rapidly as possible\u201d.<\/p>\n
The court also said Israel should \u201cevacuate all settlers from the Occupied Palestinian Territory\u201d and \u201cmake reparation for the damage caused to all the natural or legal persons concerned\u201d.<\/p>\n
Israel has built about 160 settlements housing some 700,000 Jews in the West Bank and East Jerusalem since 1967. The court said the settlements \u201chave been established and are being maintained in violation of international law\u201d, which Israel has consistently disputed.<\/p>\n
Israel’s prime minister said at the time that the court had made a “decision of lies” and insisted that \u201cthe Jewish people are not occupiers in their own land\u201d.<\/p>\n
Wednesday\u2019s General Assembly resolution, external<\/span> welcomed the ICJ\u2019s declaration.<\/p>\nIt demands that Israel \u201cbrings to an end without delay its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory… and do so no later than 12 months\u201d, and \u201ccomply without delay with all its legal obligations under international law\u201d.<\/p>\n
The West Bank-based Palestinian Authority\u2019s foreign ministry described its passing as a \u201cpivotal and historic moment for the Palestinian cause and international law\u201d.<\/p>\n
It emphasised that the support of almost two thirds of UN member states reflected \u201ca global consensus that the occupation must end and its crimes must cease\u201d, and that it \u201creaffirmed the Palestinian people\u2019s inalienable right to self-determination\u201d.<\/p>\n
Israel\u2019s foreign ministry called the resolution \u201ca distorted decision that is disconnected from reality, encourages terrorism and harms the chances for peace\u201d, adding: \u201cThis is what cynical international politics looks like.\u201d<\/p>\n
It said the resolution \u201cbolsters and strengthens the Hamas terrorist organisation\u201d and \u201csends a message that terrorism pays off and yields international resolutions\u201d. It also accused the Palestinian Authority of \u201cconducting a campaign whose goal is not to resolve the conflict but to harm Israel\u201d and vowed to respond.<\/p>\n
The US, which voted against the resolution, warned beforehand that the text was \u201cone-sided\u201d and \u201cselectively interprets the substance of the ICJ\u2019s opinion\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is no path forward or hope offered through this resolution today. Its adoption will not save Palestinian lives, bring the hostages home, end Israeli settlements, or reinvigorate the peace process,\u201d Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said.<\/p>\n
The UK\u2019s ambassador, Barbara Woodward, explained that it had abstained \u201cnot because we do not support the central findings of the ICJ’s advisory opinion, but rather because the resolution does not provide sufficient clarity to effectively advance our shared aim of a peace premised on a negotiated two-state solution\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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