constitutes a decision United Nations General Assembly A new blow to Israel in terms of propaganda and diplomacy in general, and to the policies of the Prime Minister's government Benjamin Netanyahu Seeking to liquidate the case Palestinian Especially.
It also shows the growing global sense of anger at Israel's disregard for international resolutions andInternational Law In its dealings with the Palestinian people, this was indicated by the demand of representatives of member states for measures with a specific time frame, the escalation of verbal expressions against the behavior of the occupation, and the granting of additional benefits to the State of Palestine.
While this decision constitutes a new stage in strengthening the legitimacy of Palestinian rights, which have increased in intensity since the operation Al-Aqsa Flood On October 7, despite the fact that various countries ignored in their dealings with the resolution the reference to the natural and legal right of the Palestinians to resist the occupation.
In contrast, the members of the Assembly acknowledged, through what was stated in the text of the resolution, the inability of United Nations On the enforcement of its decisions in light of the continued disregard by Occupying State To international law and UN resolutions.
International anger at the occupation
The resolution lists the occupation’s ongoing violations of international law and resolutions, including “the retention and expansion of settlements, the construction of related infrastructure, including the wall, the exploitation of natural resources, the declaration of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and the comprehensive application of Israeli domestic law in East Jerusalem And its wide application in the West Bank.
The setting of a timeframe for the implementation of the resolution was an additional indication of the extent of discontent with Israel’s procrastination and chronic rejection of UN resolutions. This included the detailed specification of the measures required of Israel, such as “withdrawing its military forces from the occupied Palestinian territories, including its airspace and sea space… ceasing settlement activities, and evacuating all settlers.”
In addition to “disassembling parts The wall which Israel has built in the occupied Palestinian territories, and the return of lands, properties and assets seized since the year 1967…and to allow all Palestinians who were displaced during the occupation to return to their original places of residence, and to redress the damage caused to all natural and legal persons concerned in the occupied Palestinian territories.”
The resolution called on the Swiss government to hold a conference – within 6 months – of the contracting parties to the agreement. Geneva IV Relating to the Protection of Civilians in Time of War, deals with the measures necessary to enforce the Convention in the occupied Palestinian territories.
The resolution also called for holding an international conference under the auspices of the General Assembly during its 79th session – which begins on Tuesday, September 24, 2024 – “in order to implement the United Nations resolutions related to the question of Palestine and the two-state solution.”
The additional privileges granted by the resolution to the State of Palestine, which are not usually given to a non-member state, such as allowing it to submit draft resolutions that it used to ask other states or groups to submit, are a diplomatic response to the crimes of the occupation and its efforts to liquidate the Palestinian cause and its crimes against humanity in Gaza Strip And outside of it, within the limits of the powers possessed by the General Assembly.
Support the advisory opinion of the Court of Justice
The decision gives international diplomatic momentum to the fatwa. International Court of Justice Issued on 19 July 2024 on “The Legal Consequences of the Continued Israeli Occupation of the Palestinian Territory”, which affirmed that Israel’s continued presence in the occupied Palestinian territory is illegal. And that international organizations, including the United Nations, are obliged not to recognize the legitimacy of the situation arising from this illegal presence.
The new General Assembly resolution emphasized some of the provisions of the Court of Justice’s decision, in particular its decision that “the obligations violated by Israel concern all States, and that, given the importance of the rights in question, all States may be considered to have a legal interest in their protection.”
Call to stop the aggression
The resolution also called on the occupying state to “immediately comply with the orders of provisional measures issued by the International Court of Justice in the case relating to the application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of 1948.” genocide And the punishment for it, which was established by South Africa against Israel.
He also called on all states to stop providing or transferring arms, ammunition and related equipment to Israel in all cases “in which there are reasonable grounds to suspect that they may be used in the occupied Palestinian territories.”
In addition to its rejection of any changes that the occupying state seeks to impose on the status of the Gaza Strip, it stipulated that the General Assembly rejects “any attempt to bring about demographic or territorial change in the Gaza Strip, including any measures that would reduce the area of the Gaza Strip, which constitutes an integral part of the occupied Palestinian territories.”
Call for accountability and compensation
The resolution gave impetus to efforts to hold Israel and its leaders accountable before international courts, as the resolution stressed “the imperative need to ensure accountability for all violations of international law, in order to put an end to impunity and ensure justice.”
He also called for sanctions to be imposed on those involved in maintaining Israel's presence in the Palestinian territories, including in relation to settler violence.
The resolution referred to the need to establish an international mechanism to compensate for all damages, losses or injuries resulting from Israel's internationally illegal actions in the occupied Palestinian territories.
It called on Member States to establish an international register of damage, in coordination with the United Nations, and to promote and coordinate the collection of evidence and initiatives aimed at providing Israel with such reparation.
A setback for Israeli propaganda
The vote of more than two-thirds of the countries in the UN General Assembly for such a resolution constitutes a new blow to the international legitimacy of the occupying state, and to its propaganda and diplomatic efforts seeking to market its war as a just war to combat terrorism.
This is of exceptional sensitivity for a state that emerged through aggression in a region that differs from it in history, culture, language and religion, and whose “legal legitimacy” was based on the partition resolution issued by the United Nations in 1947, which creates a point weakness It has a permanent need for strong international support as a condition for its continued existence. Therefore, it considers tampering with the foundations of this support a strategic threat, and mobilizes its various diplomatic, media, security and economic capabilities to confront it.
In conclusion, this resolution seems to be an expression of the desperate international efforts to preserve the rules-based international order, at a time when Israel has been violating it under the cover of the American veto for decades, undermining this order and leading to the logic of chaos and imposing facts by force, which disrupts the role of the United Nations as a means of preserving world peace.
This is what the General Assembly referred to in the resolution, saying that it “strongly condemns the continued complete disregard by the Government of Israel for its obligations under the Charter of the United Nations, international law and relevant United Nations resolutions, and its continued gross violation of those obligations, and stresses that these violations seriously threaten international peace and stability.”