Australia is facing criticism after abstaining from voting on the U-N resolution to end the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories within twelve months. The non-binding vote passed the United Nations General Assembly.
On overwhelming majority in the United Nations General Assembly.
The resolution follows the International Court of Justice advisory opinion in July that found Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories to be illegal under international law. That advisory opinion is one Australia has accepted, but Australia's representative at the United Nations, James Larsen, says the resolution strayed from those findings.
Chris Sidoti was a commissioner on the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territories."I consider that the resolution, and I've looked at it closely, falls completely within the scope of the opinion. That's why I am particularly concerned to hear from the Australian Government why it doesn't think that. If it has good reasons, let them be published so that we can all examine them.
Those steps weren't directly stated by the International Court of Justice earlier this year, but Mr Sidoti says it was part of the process.
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