UN General Assembly pushes for Palestinian state
United Nations: 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." Alluding to recent rulings by the International Court of Justice, the assembly called on Israel to end its "unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, as rapidly as possible" and halt all new settlement activity. It was a UN General Assembly resolution in 1947 that divided British-ruled Palestine into two states -- one Arab and one Jewish.
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