Australia motion on Palestinian Sovereignty
ABCRachel Mealey: In a major departure from its previous position, Australia has voted in favour of a motion at the United Nations recognising Palestinian sovereignty over natural resources in the occupied territories. Luke Radford: 155 countries backed a draft proposal at the United Nations to recognise the permanent sovereignty of Palestinians over natural resources like land, water and electricity in the occupied territories. Ian Parmeter: I think the catalyst for this change, although the government hasn't said so at this point, was probably some comments by an ultra-right wing member of Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet, Betzel El Smotrich, who a few days ago called on Israel to use the election of Donald Trump to the presidency as an opportunity to annex parts of the occupied West Bank. Luke Radford: The talk about Israeli settlers is also significant because the International Court of Justice, which is another wing of the UN, found Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories to be unlawful.
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