"The first resolution, "Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine," passed with 151 votes in favor, 11 against and 11 abstentions. It called for urgent efforts to restart negotiations on all final-status issues and urged convening an international conference in Moscow to push forward a comprehensive peace settlement. The choice of Moscow as a venue conforms with a 2008 resolution reiterating the vision of a two-state solution with Israel and an independent Palestinian state."
"The text issues several direct demands on Israel. It orders Israel to end what it calls Israel's "unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory." It demands that Israel halt all new settlement construction and evacuate all settlers from the territory. It also rejects any attempt to alter Gaza's demographics or borders and calls for the enclave's immediate political reunification with the West Bank under the Palestinian Authority."
"A second resolution, "The Syrian Golan," passed with 123 votes in favor, 7 against and 41 abstentions. It declares Israel's 1981 move to apply its laws and administration to the territory null and void, calls for that decision to be reversed, and demands Israel's withdrawal to its 1967 border with Syria. 1967 is the year in which Israel captured the West Bank, Gaza, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights during the Six-Day War."
UN General Assembly passed two resolutions directing Israel to withdraw from the West Bank, Gaza and the Syrian Golan Heights. The first resolution, titled "Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine," passed 151-11-11 and called for urgent negotiations on final-status issues and an international conference in Moscow to advance a two-state solution. That text orders Israel to end its "unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory," halt new settlement construction, evacuate settlers, oppose changes to Gaza's demographics or borders, and reunify Gaza politically with the West Bank under the Palestinian Authority. The second resolution, "The Syrian Golan," passed 123-7-41, declared Israel's 1981 application of its laws null and void, and demanded withdrawal to the 1967 border with Syria.
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