Posted on 11/12/22
| News Source: Arutz-7
'This move will not change the reality on the ground, will not contribute anything to the Palestinian people'
Israel's outgoing prime minister Yair Lapid on Saturday responded to the recent resolution calling for the International Criminal Court to submit an opinion on Israel's activity in Palestinian territories, calling it a "one-sided Palestinian move" that "may cause escalation."
The United Nations on Friday voted in favor of seeking the ICC to consider that, due to its continuing nature, the "Israeli occupation" in the West Bank and east Jerusalem constitutes annexation.
Brought up at the request of the West Bank's Palestinian Authority but officially submitted by Nicaragua, the motion passed with 98 votes in favor, 17 against, and 52 abstentions.
"This is again, a unilateral Palestinian move, undermining the fundamental principles of resolving the conflict and potentially harming any possibility of a future process," Lapid said, accusing the Palestinian side of "using the UN to attack Israel."