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UN draft resolution demands Israel’s withdrawal from Palestinian territory
The UN General Assembly has adopted a draft resolution calling for the withdrawal of Israel from the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem.
It also called upon states not to recognise any changes to the pre‑1967 borders, including with regard to Jerusalem, and not to provide any assistance to illegal settlement activities, directly or indirectly.
The draft resolution, which was penned by Djibouti, Jordan, Mauritania, Qatar, Senegal and Palestine, was approved with 151 votes in favour, 11 against and 11 abstentions.
In July last year, the ICJ ruled that Israel’s continued presence in the occupied Palestinian territory is unlawful and should come to an end “as rapidly as possible”.
UNGA passes resolution declaring Israel occupation of Golan Heights illegal
The UN General Assembly adopted another resolution yesterday, declaring Israel’s occupation of the Syrian Golan Heights “illegal” and demanding its full withdrawal.
The text, submitted by Egypt, passed with 123 votes in favour, seven against and 41 abstentions. The vote drew the ire of Israeli ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, who slammed the international body as “disconnected” from reality.
Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 war and later illegally annexed the area, a move recognised by the US but rejected by most of the international community.
There, it has built more than 30 illegal settlements where more than 25,000 Jewish Israelis live. The Israeli army seized on the chaos that followed the fall last year of Bashar al-Assad, entrenching its presence deeper into Syria, occupying also the UN buffer zone that was established between the occupied territory and the rest of Syria.
