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UN Resolution Overwhelmingly Asks Israel to Vacate Occupied Palestine

UN Resolution Overwhelmingly Asks Israel to Vacate Occupied Palestine

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  • The UN General Assembly Wednesday voted by a record 124-14 (43 abstentions) for a resolution calling for Israel to vacate all Palestinian land and assets seized since 1967.The UN General Assembly (UNGA) Wednesday voted by a record 124-14 for a resolution asking Israel to vacate all Palestinian land and assets seized since 1967.

  • The nonbinding resolution, which Palestine hailed as “historic,” asked Israel to end its "unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory" within 12 months.

  • It asks member states to stop importing products made in Israeli settlements and exporting weapons to Israel if they may potentially be used in occupied Palestine.


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