'The time has come for Israel to be a state subject to law,' said a spokesperson for the Palestinian Authority, 'and to be held accountable for its ongoing crimes against our people.'
"The time has come for Israel to be a state subject to law," said a spokesperson for the Palestinian Authority,"and to be held accountable for its ongoing crimes against our people."The General Assembly of the United Nations on Friday approved a resolution that asks the International Court of Justice to issue an opinion on the legal consequences of Israel's illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories.
Specifically, the resolution asks the ICJ to provide the United Nations with an advisory opinion on the legal consequences of Israel's ongoing"occupation, settlement and annexation" of the Occupied Territories,"including measures aimed at altering the demographic composition, character and status of the Holy City of Jerusalem, and from its adoption of related discriminatory legislation and measures.
;𠇊 lot of embarrassing votes here from European countries which always have a lot to say about international law in Ukraine.;”Nabil Abu Rudeineh, a spokesperson for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, said Saturday that the vote signals that"the time has come for Israel to be a state subject to law, and to be held accountable for its ongoing crimes against our people.
The Israeli government made its displeasure with the resolution known prior to the vote, with its U.N. Ambassador Gilad Erdan saying"[a]ny decision from a judicial body which receives its mandate from the morally bankrupt and politicized U.N. is completely illegitimate."