The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has overwhelmingly voted to support a resolution demanding an end to Israel’s illegal occupation of “occupied Palestinian Territory” within a year, with Palestine’s UN ambassador calling the vote a turning point “in our struggle for freedom and justice”.

The resolution demands that “Israel brings to an end without delay its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, which constitutes a wrongful act of a continuing character entailing its international responsibility, and do so no later than 12 months”.