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The United Nations General Assembly on Friday voted strongly in favour of a declaration calling for “tangible, timebound, and irreversible steps” towards a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians.
The declaration runs seven pages and came out of an international conference at the UN in July, hosted by Saudi Arabia and France, Reuters reported. The United States and Israel did not attend the meeting.
The resolution endorsing the text passed with 142 votes in favour, 10 against, and 12 abstentions, according to Reuters.
Joining Israel and the United States in opposing the resolution were Argentina, Hungary, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay and Tonga. Twelve countries abstained.
It also calls for “collective action to end the war in Gaza, to achieve a just, peaceful and lasting settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on the effective implementation of the two-state solution.”
“In the context of ending the war in Gaza, Hamas must end its rule in Gaza and hand over its weapons to the Palestinian Authority, with international engagement and support, in line with the objective of a sovereign and independent Palestinian State,” the declaration states
