World reacts to UN vote calling on Israel to end Palestinian occupation

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) overwhelmingly adopted a solution calling for an extremity to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories wrong a twelvemonth and the imposition of sanctions for non-compliance.

UN subordinate states passed the nonbinding resolution connected Wednesday, with 124 votes successful favour, 14 against and 43 abstentions, the Palestinian delegation heralding the adoption arsenic “historic”.

The measurement isolates Israel days earlier satellite leaders question to New York for the UNGA, with six days of speeches from satellite leaders kicking disconnected connected September 24.

Here are immoderate of the reactions to the ballot from countries and planetary organisations:

Palestine’s ambassador to the UN

Riyad Mansour called the ballot a turning constituent “in our struggle for state and justice”.

“It sends a wide connection that Israel’s concern indispensable extremity arsenic soon arsenic imaginable and that the Palestinian people’s close to self-determination indispensable beryllium realised,” helium said.

Israel’s ambassador to the UN

Danny Danon slammed the ballot arsenic “a shameful determination that backs the Palestinian Authority’s diplomatic terrorism”.

“Instead of marking the day of the October 7 massacre by condemning Hamas and calling for the merchandise of each 101 of the remaining hostages, the General Assembly continues to creation to the euphony of the Palestinian Authority, which backs the Hamas murderers,” helium said.

Palestinian Authority

PA President Mahmoud Abbas welcomed the solution and urged countries crossed the satellite to instrumentality steps to unit Israel to adhere to it.

“The planetary statement implicit this solution renews the hopes of our Palestinian radical – who are facing a broad aggression and genocide successful Gaza and the West Bank, including Jerusalem – to execute its aspirations of state and independency and found a Palestinian authorities with East Jerusalem arsenic its capital,” helium said.

Hamas

The Palestinian equipped radical said it “welcomes the adoption”, adding that it reflected “the planetary community’s solidarity with the Palestinian people’s struggle”.

Israel

Oren Marmorstein, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said connected X that the solution was “a distorted determination that is disconnected from reality, encourages coercion and harms the chances for peace”.

United States

The US ngo to the UN called the solution “one-sided”, pointing to its nonaccomplishment to recognise that Hamas, “a violent organization”, inactive exerts powerfulness successful Gaza and that Israel has a close to support itself.

“This solution volition not bring astir tangible advancement for Palestinians,” the US said. “In fact, it could some complicate efforts to extremity the struggle successful Gaza and impede reinvigorating steps toward a two-state solution, portion ignoring Israel’s precise existent information concerns.”

Qatar

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said successful a connection that the adoption of the solution by a bulk of 124 countries intelligibly reflected the justness of the Palestinian cause, representing wide planetary designation of the Palestinian people’s close to self-determination arsenic a natural, ineligible and humanities right.

The ministry voiced hopes that each countries would comply with their obligations nether planetary instrumentality and instrumentality the close of the Palestinian radical to self-determination.

Gulf Cooperation Council

Jasem Mohamed al-Budaiwi, the secretary-general of the GCC – which includes Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates – welcomed the UNGA’s telephone connected Israel to extremity its concern of Palestine.

He said it confirmed “the close of the Palestinian radical to reclaim their occupied lands” and showed that Israel’s actions, including the enlargement of settlements, deficiency designation astatine determination and planetary levels.

Organization of Islamic Cooperation

The OIC, which comprises 57 mostly Muslim-majority states, said the determination by the UNGA “expresses the planetary consensus” connected the Palestinian close to self-determination and the constitution of an autarkic and sovereign state, according to the Palestinian quality bureau Wafa.

It besides called connected the planetary assemblage to “take idiosyncratic and corporate measures” to guarantee that Israel complies with its obligations nether planetary law.

European Union

European Union overseas argumentation chief Josep Borrell said successful a statement: “The UN General Assembly has forcefully reaffirmed its committedness to the realisation of the close of the Palestinian radical to self-determination, including its close to an autarkic and sovereign State, surviving broadside by broadside successful bid and information with Israel, successful accordance with the applicable resolutions of the UN Security Council and the UN General Assembly.”

Amnesty International

Secretary-General Agnes Callamard said the solution “makes crystal clear” that Israel’s 57-year concern “cannot beryllium allowed to proceed immoderate longer”.

“For decades Israel’s unlawful concern has brought injustice, bloodshed and suffering to Palestinians connected a wide scale. Over the past 11 months, the systematic quality rights violations that are a hallmark of Israel’s brutal concern and strategy of apartheid person drastically intensified,” she said, adding that Israel should comply with the solution instantly by withdrawing its forces from the occupied West Bank and Gaza and removing its settlers from the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

Human Rights Watch

Louis Charbonneau, UN manager astatine the planetary quality rights group, said: “Israel should instantly heed the request of an overwhelming bulk of UN subordinate states.”