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UN General Assembly widely supports a Palestinian resolution demanding Israel end its occupation

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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly strongly supported a nonbinding Palestinian resolution Wednesday demanding that Israel end its “unlawful presence” in Gaza and the occupied West Bank within a year. The vote in the 193-member world body on Wednesday was 124-14, with 43 abstentions. The resolution also demands the withdrawal of all Israeli forces and the evacuation of settlers from the occupied Palestinian territories “without delay.” The Palestinian U.N. ambassador welcomed the vote saying “This resolution marks a turning point in our struggle for freedom and justice.” But Israel’s ambassador to the U.N. called it “a shameful decision that backs the Palestinian Authority’s diplomatic terrorism” and fails to condemn “Hamas murderers” who attacked Israel on Oct. 7.

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