Posted on 12/31/22
| News Source: i24
'The Jewish people are not occupying their land and are not occupying their eternal capital Jerusalem. No UN resolution can distort this historical truth'
Palestinians on Saturday welcomed a vote by the United Nations General Assembly requesting that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) consider legal consequences for Israel over its presence in the West Bank, which Israeli officials condemned as "supporting terrorism."
"The time has come for Israel to be a state subject to law, and to be held accountable for its ongoing crimes against our people," said Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
But Israel's newly sworn-in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the UN resolution "despicable" that "will not bind the Israeli government."
"The Jewish people are not occupying their land and are not occupying their eternal capital Jerusalem. No UN resolution can distort this historical truth," he said in a statement released by the Prime Minister's Office.