The resolution received 124 votes in favour, while 43 countries abstained and Israel, the United States and 12 others voted no.
The advisory opinion – by the highest United Nations court, also known as the World Court – said this should be done “as rapidly as possible,” although the General Assembly resolution imposes a 12-month deadline.
“Each country has a vote, and the world is watching us,” Palestinian UN Ambassador Riyad Mansour told the General Assembly on Tuesday. “Please stand on the right side of history. With international law. With freedom. With peace.” Israel captured the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem – areas of historic Palestine which the Palestinians want for a state – in the 1967 Middle East war and has since built settlements in the West Bank and steadily expanded them.began on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas gunmen stormed into Israeli communities, killing around 1 200 people and abducting about 250 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.