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UN Asks World Court to Give Opinion on Israel's "Occupation"
(Reuters) Michelle Nichols - The UN General Assembly on Friday asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to give an opinion on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem. 87 countries voted in favor, 26 voted against, while 53 abstained. Israel's UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan said, "No international body can decide that the Jewish people are 'occupiers' in their own homeland. Any decision from a judicial body which receives its mandate from the morally bankrupt and politicized UN is completely illegitimate."