The United Nations Common Meeting (UNGA) overwhelmingly adopted a decision calling for an finish to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories inside a 12 months and the imposition of sanctions for non-compliance.
UN member states handed the nonbinding resolution on Wednesday, with 124 votes in favour, 14 in opposition to and 43 abstentions, the Palestinian delegation heralding the adoption as “historic”.
The measure isolates Israel days earlier than world leaders journey to New York for the UNGA, with six days of speeches from world leaders kicking off on September 24.
Listed here are a number of the reactions to the vote from nations and worldwide organisations:
Palestine’s ambassador to the UN
Riyad Mansour referred to as the vote a turning level “in our wrestle for freedom and justice”.
“It sends a transparent message that Israel’s occupation should finish as quickly as potential and that the Palestinian folks’s proper to self-determination have to be realised,” he stated.
Israel’s ambassador to the UN
Danny Danon slammed the vote as “a shameful determination that backs the Palestinian Authority’s diplomatic terrorism”.
“As a substitute of marking the anniversary of the October 7 bloodbath by condemning Hamas and calling for the discharge of all 101 of the remaining hostages, the Common Meeting continues to bop to the music of the Palestinian Authority, which backs the Hamas murderers,” he stated.
Palestinian Authority
PA President Mahmoud Abbas welcomed the decision and urged nations internationally to take steps to strain Israel to stick to it.
“The worldwide consensus over this decision renews the hopes of our Palestinian folks – who’re dealing with a complete aggression and genocide in Gaza and the West Financial institution, together with Jerusalem – to attain its aspirations of freedom and independence and set up a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital,” he stated.
Hamas
The Palestinian armed group stated it “welcomes the adoption”, including that it mirrored “the worldwide neighborhood’s solidarity with the Palestinian folks’s wrestle”.
Israel
Oren Marmorstein, spokesman of the Ministry of International Affairs, stated on X that the decision was “a distorted determination that’s disconnected from actuality, encourages terrorism and harms the possibilities for peace”.
United States
The US mission to the UN referred to as the decision “one-sided”, pointing to its failure to recognise that Hamas, “a terrorist group”, nonetheless exerts energy in Gaza and that Israel has a proper to defend itself.
“This decision won’t result in tangible progress for Palestinians,” the US stated. “In truth, it may each complicate efforts to finish the battle in Gaza and impede reinvigorating steps towards a two-state resolution, whereas ignoring Israel’s very actual safety considerations.”
Qatar
The Ministry of International Affairs stated in an announcement that the adoption of the decision by a majority of 124 nations clearly mirrored the justice of the Palestinian trigger, representing broad worldwide recognition of the Palestinian folks’s proper to self-determination as a pure, authorized and historic proper.
The ministry voiced hopes that every one nations would adjust to their obligations underneath worldwide regulation and implement the best of the Palestinian folks to self-determination.
Gulf Cooperation Council
Jasem Mohamed al-Budaiwi, the secretary-general of the GCC – which incorporates Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates – welcomed the UNGA’s name on Israel to finish its occupation of Palestine.
He stated it confirmed “the best of the Palestinian folks to reclaim their occupied lands” and confirmed that Israel’s actions, together with the enlargement of settlements, lack recognition at regional and worldwide ranges.
Group of Islamic Cooperation
The OIC, which includes 57 principally Muslim-majority states, stated the choice by the UNGA “expresses the worldwide consensus” on the Palestinian proper to self-determination and the institution of an impartial and sovereign state, based on the Palestinian information company Wafa.
It additionally referred to as on the worldwide neighborhood to “take particular person and collective measures” to make sure that Israel complies with its obligations underneath worldwide regulation.
European Union
European Union international coverage chief Josep Borrell stated in an announcement: “The UN Common Meeting has forcefully reaffirmed its dedication to the realisation of the best of the Palestinian folks to self-determination, together with its proper to an impartial and sovereign State, residing aspect by aspect in peace and safety with Israel, in accordance with the related resolutions of the UN Safety Council and the UN Common Meeting.”
Amnesty Worldwide
Secretary-Common Agnes Callamard stated the decision “makes crystal clear” that Israel’s 57-year occupation “can’t be allowed to proceed any longer”.
“For many years Israel’s illegal occupation has introduced injustice, bloodshed and struggling to Palestinians on a mass scale. Over the previous 11 months, the systematic human rights violations which can be a trademark of Israel’s brutal occupation and system of apartheid have drastically intensified,” she stated, including that Israel ought to adjust to the decision instantly by withdrawing its forces from the occupied West Financial institution and Gaza and eradicating its settlers from the West Financial institution and East Jerusalem.
Human Rights Watch
Louis Charbonneau, UN director on the worldwide human rights group, stated: “Israel ought to instantly heed the demand of an awesome majority of UN member states.”
