Palestinian delegation seeks resolutions critical of Israel at UN General Assembly - report

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The Palestinian delegation to the United Nations was reportedly working with European delegations to draft resolutions seeking to secure assistance for Palestinians, including UN commitments to protect property and sources of income in the West Bank, and condemnations of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, Ynet reported Friday.The drafts were also expected to include an official condemnation of Israel's plans to advance construction in the E1 area, as well as a demand for the UN to formally declare that it did not recognize Israel's presence in the West Bank.

Additionally, the proposed measures called for a policy of differentiation between the West Bank and the rest of Israel, Ynet reported, noting that the drafts were still being negotiated between the Palestinian delegation and European Union member states.Danny Danon describes efforts as 'diplomatic attack'Despite lobbying efforts by the Palestinians, the EU's 27 member states had failed to reach a consensus on supporting any of the proposed resolutions after a week of internal consultations.

The Palestinian delegation was expected to consider bringing the drafts to a vote without broad European backing, according to the report.Israel's Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, said the delegation was seeking to use the current political situation to challenge Israel at the international body.“They are trying to exploit the situation to challenge us from the UN podium,” Danon said. “The Israeli delegation is working in close cooperation with our allies to confront this diplomatic attack.”

The Israeli mission was working behind the scenes to soften the wording of the proposed resolutions and reduce the number of countries that would support them, Ynet reported.

The diplomatic effort came amid heightened international scrutiny of Israeli settlement activity and settler violence in the West Bank. In October, the United Nations Aid Coordination Office (OCHA) recorded at least 160 attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank by extremist Israeli settlers during the first two weeks of the olive harvest. The report also said the IDF and Israeli border police protected settlers and on occasion participated in attacks against Palestinians and their property.UN reports record numbers of Palestinian deaths in West BankA separate report from a UN Commission of Inquiry on Israel reported an increase in the number of Palestinian deaths in the West Bank, with nearly 500 Palestinians killed annually since 2022, which demonstrated the highest numbers recorded since the UN started collecting data on the topic in 2005.In a September briefing to the UN Security Council, the UN's acting Middle East peace envoy Ramiz Alakbarov said he “strongly condemns developments related to the E1 settlement plan, which would effectively sever the connection between the northern and southern West Bank and further isolate east Jerusalem from the rest of the West Bank.”The UN has also documented the humanitarian consequences of the war in Gaza, recording 1,431 Palestinians killed in Gaza in ongoing Israeli strikes following the ceasefire agreement in 2025.Danon has repeatedly criticized what he and other Israeli officials described as anti-Israel bias within the UN system.

In a recent interview with The Jerusalem Post, he said the organization had become “a platform to incite against Israel,” arguing that UN officials had taken an active role in promoting a one-sided narrative of the war.At the same time, Danon said Israel needed to remain engaged with the organization rather than withdraw from it. “My approach is that we have to be in the room, and we don't just leave,” he told the Post, arguing that Israel's presence was necessary to counter accusations and make its case to other member states.

The Israeli mission is encouraging more Israelis to apply for professional and managerial positions within the UN, with Danon saying the Israeli voice needed to be heard “not only from the UN podium, but also in the corridors and meeting rooms where decisions are made.”Idan Kweller contributed to this report.

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What we found (3)

The Jerusalem Post reports a Palestinian push for UN resolutions on the settlements and the occupation but never tells its reader that the International Court of Justice has already found the occupation unlawful and the settlements illegal. It calls the occupation Israel's "presence" and, in its own paraphrase, calls the rest of the territory "the rest of Israel", folding the occupied West Bank into Israel. Danon closes the piece at length while no Palestinian voice is quoted.

Hedges the documented record
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“did not recognize Israel's presence in the West Bank”
Why this matters
The Jerusalem Post calls the occupation Israel's "presence" in the West Bank and presents non-recognition of it as a Palestinian demand.
The impression it gives
A reader takes Israel's rule over the West Bank as a neutral presence whose legitimacy is an open question, raised only by a Palestinian lobbying effort.
The context
The International Court of Justice found in July 2024 that Israel's occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem is unlawful. The article never uses the words occupied, occupation or unlawful anywhere.
How we know
- On the recordThe International Court of Justice's July 2024 advisory opinion found Israel's occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem unlawful.icj-cij.org (opens in a new tab)
- Checked against the whole articleIt never uses the words “occupied”, “occupation” and “unlawful”.
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“condemnations of Israeli settlements in the West Bank”
Why this matters
The Post reports that the drafts condemn the settlements but never says the settlements are illegal.
The impression it gives
A reader comes away thinking condemnation of the settlements is a political position the Palestinians and some Europeans are pushing, not the application of a settled legal finding.
The context
The International Court of Justice found the settlements illegal under international law. The word illegal appears nowhere in the article.
How we know
- On the recordThe International Court of Justice's July 2024 advisory opinion found Israel's settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem illegal under international law.icj-cij.org (opens in a new tab)
- Checked against the whole articleIt never uses the words “illegal”.
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Written straight
The drafts were also expected to demand that the UN formally declare it does not recognise Israel's occupation of the West Bank, which the International Court of Justice ruled unlawful in July 2024, and to condemn settlements the court found illegal under international law.
Uses the occupation's words
Serious
“a policy of differentiation between the West Bank and the rest of Israel”
Why this matters
In its own paraphrase the Post writes "the rest of Israel", which makes the West Bank one part of Israel.
The impression it gives
A reader is told the West Bank is Israeli territory and that the proposed policy would merely single out one region of Israel.
The context
The West Bank is occupied territory, and the International Court of Justice found Israel's occupation of it unlawful. A differentiation policy distinguishes Israel from the territory it occupies, not one part of Israel from another.
How we know
- On the recordThe International Court of Justice's July 2024 advisory opinion found Israel's occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem unlawful.icj-cij.org (opens in a new tab)
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Written straight
The proposed measures also called for a policy of differentiation between Israel and the occupied West Bank, Ynet reported.
One side gets the space
Minor
“he said the organization had become “a platform to incite against Israel,””
Why this matters
The Post closes the article with three paragraphs of Danon, including its own interview, in which he calls the UN a platform for incitement.
The impression it gives
A reader ends on Israel's account of the UN and of the Palestinian effort as an attack, with no reply from those it targets.
The context
No member of the Palestinian delegation is quoted anywhere in the piece. Their aims reach the reader only through a second-hand report, while Danon is quoted directly several times, including calling the effort an exploitation and a "diplomatic attack".
How we know
- Elsewhere in the article“They are trying to exploit the situation to challenge us from the UN podium”
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Palestinian delegation seeks resolutions critical of Israel at UN General Assembly - report

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