The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination

Condemnatory

Yes

Analysis

• This resolution criticizes Israel by calling for an end to the Israeli occupation. Furthermore, it endorses the biased and politicized July 2024 ICJ advisory opinion declaring the Israeli occupation illegal under international law and demanding that Israel unilaterally withdraw from the occupied territories without any corresponding demands to the Palestinians. Thus, the resolution holds Israel exclusively responsible for the lack of Palestinian self-determination without any obligations or accountability for the Palestinians. For example, it omits the Palestinian obligation under the Road Map to dismantle terrorist infrastructure before a state is to be created.
• Out of hundreds of self-determination claims worldwide, this resolution singles out one—the claim against Israel.

Main Sponsors

Organization of Islamic Cooperation

Vote

Yes - 172, No - 7, Abstain - 8, Absent - 6

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Key Praise

None

Key Criticism

• "Recalling the advisory opinion rendered on 19 July 2024 by the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences arising from Israel’s policies and practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and from the illegality of Israel’s continued presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory."
• "Stressing the urgency of achieving without delay an end to the Israeli occupation that began in 1967 and a just, lasting and comprehensive peace settlement between the Palestinian and Israeli sides..."