:flag_un: The #UN General Assembly will vote today on a Palestinian resolution demanding that Israel end its "unlawful presence" in #Gaza and the occupied #WestBank
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:flag_un: The #UN General Assembly will vote today on a Palestinian resolution demanding that Israel end its "unlawful presence" in #Gaza and the occupied #WestBank
"The resolution calls for Israel to pay reparations to Palestinians for the damage caused by its occupation and urges countries to take steps to prevent trade or investments that maintain Israelโs presence in the territories."
UN General Assembly widely supports a Palestinian resolution demanding Israel end its occupation
The U.N. General Assembly strongly supported a nonbinding Palestinian resolution Wednesday demanding that Israel end its โunlawful presenceโ in Gaza and the occupied West Bank within a year
ABC News (abcnews.go.com)
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@downey it seems safe to assume that the US will veto this.
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@rbowen The veto mechanism only exists in the Security Council, not the (larger) General Assembly. That said, GA resolutions are not legally binding like those of the SC.
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Debate is resuming now on draft resolution A/ES-10/L.31/Rev.1, with a vote coming at the top of the next hour.
Draft resolution PDF: https://documents.un.org/doc/undoc/ltd/n24/266/48/pdf/n2426648.pdf
Live video: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1e/k1edf4b03v
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