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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Maziar Motamedi

UN votes against Israel’s occupation of Palestine: Will it change anything?

Israeli machinery demolishes a Palestinian house near Yatta in the southern area of the occupied West Bank town of Hebron [File: Hazem Bader/AFP]

Most countries have backed a United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution that sets a deadline for Israel to end its illegal occupation of Palestinian territory amid rising international criticism of Israel.

The resolution, passed on Wednesday, is not legally binding. But it includes stern rebukes of Israel and won the support of many nations in the West that have traditionally backed Israel.

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