GAZA, (PIC)
The Hamas Movement hailed a resolution approved overwhelmingly by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that calls for an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands.
Hamas, in a statement issued on Wednesday night, said that the adoption of this resolution expresses the true international will to support the Palestinian people and their legitimate rights, and above all the right to self-determination and the formation of an independent state with Jerusalem as its capital.
Hamas thanked the countries that voted in favor of the resolution and urged them to take more actions and decisions that “will isolate the fascist occupation regime and put pressure on it to stop the genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.”
The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved the resolution that was proposed in response to a July ruling by the International Court of Justice that Israel’s presence in the Palestinian territories is unlawful and must end.
Some 124 countries voted for the resolution, 14 opposed it, and 43 abstained. Israel, the US, Czechia, and Argentina were the largest countries opposing, along with Pacific island nations. Paraguay and Malawi also opposed the measure.
Many European nations abstained — including Ukraine, the UK, Germany and Italy — as well as Canada and Australia. The resolution was basically sponsored by the State of Palestine and 29 other countries, mostly Muslim nations.
The approved resolution calls for the withdrawal of all Israeli forces and the evacuation of settlers from the occupied Palestinian territories “without delay”.
