Palestinians on Saturday welcomed a vote by the UN General Assembly to seek an opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the legal consequences of Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories.
Nabil Abu Rudineh, spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said, “The time has come for Israel to become a state subject to law and be held accountable for the ongoing crimes against our people.”
Senior Palestinian official Hussein al-Sheikh said on Twitter that Friday’s vote “shows a victory for Palestinian diplomacy.”
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