The test of the resolution was based on the International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion in July that Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory was illegal.

The resolution also calls on member states not to sell arms or military equipment to Israel that would be used in Gaza, the West Bank, and east Jerusalem.

Among the 43 countries that abstained were Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom. Some 12 of the 27 European Union countries abstained, including Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Sweden.

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[–] Enkrod@feddit.org 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Germany abstaining is actually a big deal.

The defense of Israel is one of our "Reason of State" and not voting in favour of Israel is a serious signal that politicians are fed up with Netanyahus bullshit.

[–] menemen@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago

Germany often abstained in critical UN votes regarding Israel and Palestine. E.g. here or here.

And german "intellectuals" are already in the "it is not binding" mode... Germanies political and media class is lost, completly detached from the constituency, who is against the genocide by a large margin.