Palestinian UN delegation submits motion demanding Israel withdraw from West Bank, East Jerusalem

Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

Palestinian Authority Ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour speaks during a UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, at the UN headquarters in New York on March 25, 2024. (ANGELA WEISS / AFP)
Palestinian Authority Ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour speaks during a UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, at the UN headquarters in New York on March 25, 2024. (ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

The Palestinian UN delegation submits a draft resolution to the UN General Assembly that is expected to come up for a vote next week demanding that Israel implement the decisions of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Israel’s UN mission says.

The resolution calls for an Israeli withdrawal from the territories within six months, ending the settlement enterprise and “the return of Palestinians to their land,” enforced sanctions on senior Israeli officials, and blocking weapons sales to Israel if they might be used in Palestinian areas.

The draft also calls for no more embassies to Israel to be established in Jerusalem.

UN Ambassador Danny Danon says that if passed, the draft will be “a reward for terrorism and a message to the world that the barbaric massacre of children, the rape of women and the kidnapping of innocent civilians is a profitable move.”

“Let it be clear,” he says, “nothing will stop nor deter Israel in its mission to bring back all the hostages and defeat Hamas.”

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