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The United Nations General Assembly voted 124-14 on Wednesday to strip Israel of the right to self-defense in the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem.

The test of the resolution was based on the International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion in July that Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory was illegal.

The resolution also calls on member states not to sell arms or military equipment to Israel that would be used in Gaza, the West Bank, and east Jerusalem.

Among the 43 countries that abstained were Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom. Some 12 of the 27 European Union countries abstained, including Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Sweden.

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[-] erenkoylu@lemmy.ml 35 points 5 months ago

We need to expel Israel from the UN. These religious fanatics have no place in the civilized world.

[-] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 28 points 5 months ago

Removing a country from the UN for doing horrible things would defeat the UN's entire purpose.

[-] Aqarius@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

IDK, FRY was de facto kicked out of the UN in 1992.

[-] clutchtwopointzero@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

Good time to expel Iran as well

[-] erenkoylu@lemmy.ml 37 points 5 months ago

Israeli fanatics have killed more people in a year than Iran has in decades. Israel is a terrorist entity.

[-] Aceticon@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

Whilst I disagree with your earlier point about expelling Israel from the UN (or anybody else: the whole point of the place is as a diplomatic talking shop for everybody) I wholehartedly agree with this one.

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