The text, which received 124 votes in favor, 14 against (among them Israel, the United States, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Argentina and Paraguay) and 43 abstentions, demanded that Israel “without delay end its illegal presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory”which constitutes an unlawful act of a continuing nature that generates international responsibility, and to do so no later than 12 months after approval of this resolution.”
The Argentine position took place a few hours after Milei speak, for the first time, before the General Assembly of the UN in New York. The vote was cast by the representative of the Government before the UN, Ricardo Lagorio.
This is a new Support of the libertarian administration to the State of Israelafter he announced during his visit to the Asian country that he will move the Argentine Embassy in Jerusalem, In addition to expressing their Support for Netanyahu in the war in the Gaza Strip and promote a crisis committee after Iran attack.
UN orders Israeli withdrawal from illegally occupied Palestinian territories
The Resolution “demands” withdrawal of Israeli forces from Palestinian territoriesthe paralysis of new settlements, the return of lands and confiscated property and the possibility of return of displaced Palestinians.
It also calls on the Member States totake measures to stop imports from settlements and the supply of weapons to Israel if there are “reasonable” grounds to believe that they could be used in the Palestinian territories.
In addition, proposes to adopt sanctions against those who participate in “maintaining Israel’s illegal presence” in the Palestinian territories.
UN pressures Israel to abandon Palestinian territories
The UN resolution was a continuation of the ruling issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) which, last July, had established that the Israeli “occupation” “is illegal and urged that country to “end it as soon as possible.” In turn, the supranational body asks that member states take measures to end the supply of arms to Israelif they even consider that they could be used on “Palestinian soil.”
The Palestinian mission to the United Nations described the “historic” vote in a message on social network X and for Hamas a “victory”which shows “solidarity with the struggle of Palestinian people.”
Instead Israel called the move a “shameful decision” Despite the fact that General Assembly resolutions are not binding, “The political theatre that bears the name of the General Assembly has today adopted a biased decision that is out of touch with reality, encourages terrorism and damages the chances of peace (…) such is the cynicism in international politics,” denounced the spokesman for the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oren Marmorstein, in X.
On the podium of the Assembly on Tuesday, the Palestinian ambassador Ryad Mansour He called on UN countries to “choose the right side of history” by supporting this resolution, the first to be presented on behalf of the observer state of Palestine thanks to a right it has just won.
“How many more Palestinians must be killed before there is finally change to end this inhumanity?” he said, a few days before the annual meeting of the General Assembly, where the Gaza war monopolise the debates of the dozens of heads of state and government who will attend.
The war in Gaza continues: more than 41,000 dead
While The Security Council is virtually paralyzed In this matter, due to the repeated use of the veto by the United States to protect its Israeli ally, the General Assembly regularly lends its support to the Palestinians.
In May, the Assembly gave overwhelming but symbolic support (143 votes in favour, nine against and 25 abstentions) to the full entry of the Palestinians into the UN, blocked by the United States.
The attack of Hamas against Israel on October 7, 2023, unprecedented in its magnitude and violence, caused the death of 1,205 peoplemost of them civilians, according to an AFP count based on official figures and including hostages who died in captivity.
The Israeli retaliation in Gaza have caused a humanitarian disaster and left more than 41,000 deadaccording to the Hamas government’s Health Ministry in Gaza.
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