Egypt welcomes the adoption of a UN resolution calling for an end to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories

Egypt welcomed the adoption by the overwhelming majority of the United Nations General Assembly of a resolution calling on Israel’s occupation entity to end its occupation of the Palestinian territories within 12 months.

The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement quoted by the Palestinian WAFA Agency: “the adoption of the resolution by a majority of 124 countries is a reflection of the broad support of the international community to end the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories and all its illegal manifestations, as well as the desire to correct the historical injustice against the Palestinian people and to recognize their right to self-determination.

The Foreign Ministry also stressed the need for concerted international efforts to work for the restoration of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people and to end Israel’s illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories, thereby ensuring the establishment of an independent Palestinian State on the line of 4 June 1967, with Jerusalem as its capital.

Amal Farhat