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The UN General Assembly passed a new resolution on Tuesday which professes its “unwavering support” for the two-state solution of Israel and Palestine, calling for Israel’s withdrawal from the occupied Palestinian territories and the creation of a Palestinian state. Read our liveblog for the latest developments.
UN General Assembly passes resolution supporting creation of Palestinian state
The UN General Assembly on Tuesday called on Israel to withdraw from the occupied Palestinian territories and pushed for the creation of a Palestinian state, convening an international conference in June to try to jumpstart a two-state solution.
In a resolution passed by a 157-8 vote, with the United States and Israel among those voting no, and seven abstentions, the Assembly expressed “unwavering support, in accordance with international law, for the two-state solution of Israel and Palestine.”
The Assembly said the two states should be “living side by side in peace and security within recognized borders, based on the pre-1967 borders.”
The assembly called for “realization of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, primarily the right to self-determination and the right to their independent state.”
Welcome to our liveblog, where we post the latest developments on the Israel-Hamas war. To read all about yesterday’s key events, click here.
- French President Emmanuel Macron and Saudi crown prince Mohammad bin Salman called for presidential elections in Lebanon.
- Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah have agreed to form a committee to administer postwar Gaza, negotiators say.
- Israel threatened to ‘penetrate deeper’ into Lebanon if the ceasefire between the two countries collapses.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP, and Reuters)
About casualty figures from Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry:
Gaza’s health ministry collects data from the enclave’s hospitals and the Palestinian Red Crescent. For more on the health ministry’s casualty figures, click here.
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