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UN General Assembly Backs Two Resolutions Pressing Israeli Withdrawal From Occupied Lands

The non-binding votes signal broad political pressure without a clear path to enforcement after Israeli and U.S. opposition.

Overview

  • The Assembly adopted the 'Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine' by 151–11–11, urging renewed final‑status talks toward a two‑state outcome and endorsing an international conference in Moscow.
  • That text calls on Israel to end its unlawful presence in territories occupied since 1967, halt new settlement construction, evacuate settlers, reject demographic or territorial changes in Gaza, and reunify the enclave with the West Bank under the Palestinian Authority.
  • The separate 'Syrian Golan' resolution passed 123–7–41, declaring Israel’s 1981 application of its laws to the Golan Heights null and void and demanding withdrawal to the June 4, 1967 line.
  • Israel and the United States voted against both measures, and Israel’s UN ambassador Danny Danon dismissed the votes as disconnected from reality, saying Israel will not return to the 1967 lines or abandon the Golan.
  • While carrying diplomatic weight, General Assembly resolutions are not legally binding; the Golan item is an annual measure, and questions of implementation and next diplomatic steps remain open.