14 countries vote against UN resolution to end Israeli occupation of Palestine

NEW YORK, Sept. 19 (YPA) – 14 countries out of 193 countries in the United Nations voted on Wednesday against a resolution in the United Nations General Assembly demanding that “Israel” end its occupation of the Palestinian territories within 12 months.

The countries that rejected the resolution are: the United States, Hungary, Israel, Argentina, the Czech Republic, Fiji, Malawi, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Tonga, and Tuvalu.

The UN members voted by a majority of 124 for the resolution submitted by Palestine as an observer state; 43 countries abstained from voting (the remaining 12 countries were not entitled to vote).

The resolution demanded that “Israel” “return lands and other immovable property and all assets that have been seized since the beginning of its occupation in 1967.

The vote comes after the International Court of Justice, the UN’s highest court, said in July that “the presence of the Israeli occupation in the West Bank and East Jerusalem (Quds) is illegal and called on this entity to end its decades-long occupation.”

YPA