UNGA: India abstained from voting on resolution related to Israel in United Nations, US voted against

India abstained from voting on a resolution related to Israel in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) voted on Friday on a draft resolution titled ‘Israeli Activities Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People in the Palestinian Occupied Territories, including East Jerusalem’. There were 87 votes in favor of the motion and 26 votes against it. 53 members including India abstained during the voting.

America and Israel voted against

The resolution requests the International Court of Justice, the highest judicial body of the United Nations, to advise on the right of self-determination of the Palestinian people since 1967 by Israel’s occupation, settlements and attacks on Palestinian territory. What could be the consequences of violation. The US and Israel voted against the draft resolution, while India, Brazil, Japan, Myanmar and France abstained.

Ahead of the vote, Israel’s UN envoy Gilad Erdan said the “disgraceful proposal” for the opinion of the International Court of Justice was a “moral blot” on the UN and every country that supports it. No international body can decide that the Jewish people are ‘occupiers’ in their own homeland. Any decision of the judicial body, which decides on the orders of the United Nations, which is morally bankrupt and politically motivated, will be illegitimate.

Palestine welcomed the proposal

According to Reuters, the Palestinians welcomed the passing of a UN resolution on the alleged Israeli occupation of their part of the country. Nabil Abu Rudineh, a spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said: “The time has come to make Israel a legal party and hold it accountable for the ongoing crimes against our people.”