UNITED NATIONS — A United Nations committee on Friday accredited a resolution to request the International Court of Justice “urgently” weigh in on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Israeli “annexation.”
The UN General Assembly Fourth Committee voted in favor of the evaluate by a margin of 98 in favor, 17 opposed and 52 abstentions.
The resolution, titled “Israeli procedures and settlement pursuits impacting the legal rights of the Palestinian people and other Arabs of the occupied territories,” was one of many concentrated on the conflict for the duration of the session.
It requests that The Hague-primarily based ICJ “render urgently an advisory opinion” on Israel’s “prolonged profession, settlement and annexation of Palestinian territory.”
It also calls for an investigation into Israeli steps “aimed at altering the demographic composition, character and position of the Holy Metropolis of Jerusalem” and suggests Israel has adopted “discriminatory legislation and actions.”
The resolution phone calls on the court to weigh in on the conflict in accordance with worldwide law and the UN charter. The courtroom, a UN organ, is independent from the International Prison Court docket, which is also in The Hague.
The resolution will now head to the Normal Assembly plenary for formal acceptance, probable future thirty day period.
The ICJ past issued an advisory belief on the conflict in 2004.
The nations around the world voting against the resolution integrated Israel, Australia, Austria, Canada, the Czech Republic, Italy, Germany, various Pacific island nations and the United States.
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— Czech MFA (@CzechMFA) November 11, 2022
Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine and the United Arab Emirates all voted in favor.
Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan blasted the evaluate at the committee listening to, contacting it component of a “long line of anti-Israel resolutions.”
“The only reason is to demonize Israel and exempt the Palestinians from responsibility,” Erdan stated, including that the resolution was “destroying any hope for a resolution.”
The resolution offers the Palestinians “the excellent justification to continue on boycotting the negotiating desk,” Erdan mentioned, highlighting the Palestinians’ rejection of preceding peace delivers.
He also lashed the resolution for referring to Jerusalem’s Temple Mount only by its Arabic title, Haram al-Sharif.
The Temple Mount is the holiest put for Jews as the web page of the historic temples, and the 3rd holiest web site in Islam as the area of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
UN representatives vote on a resolution calling for an Intercontinental Court of Justice viewpoint on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on November 11, 2022. (Screenshot, employed in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Legislation)
The resolution also refers to the Temple Mount as section of “Occupied Palestinian Territory, which include East Jerusalem.”
“Freedom of worship is a value they refuse to uphold,” Erdan claimed, accusing the UN of peddling in “destructive falsehoods that will only perpetuate the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.”
השקרים והצביעות של הפלשתינים לא יודעים גבול: הם אלה שדחו כל יוזמת שלום או תוכנית שלום מאז 1947 ועד היום, ועכשיו הם משתמשים בתירוץ שהסכסוך לא נפתר כדי לפנות לבית הדין בהאג? הסכסוך הזה לא נפתר בגלל תמיכתם בטרור, בגלל השנאה שלהם וסרבנותם לשלום. צפו בקטע>> pic.twitter.com/gNkHExXxqt
— Ambassador Gilad Erdan גלעד ארדן (@giladerdan1) November 11, 2022
The Palestinian delegation to the UN reported in response to the resolution, “Our persons have earned flexibility. Our folks are entitled to flexibility.”
The United States consultant to the committee, Richard Mills, expressed “serious concerns” about the resolution, expressing it would “magnify distrust” surrounding the conflict.
“There are no shortcuts to a two-state option,” he stated, introducing that the Temple Mount phrasing was “intended to denigrate Israel.”
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