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PM: Israel not bound by despicable UN vote

The UN General Assembly has asked the UN's highest court to give a legal opinion on what was termed Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories.

The resolution was backed by 87 countries but opposed by 26 others, including the UK and US.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issues binding rulings, but it cannot enforce them.

PM Netanyahu described the vote as "despicable".

"The Jewish people are not occupiers on their own land nor occupiers in our eternal capital Jerusalem and no UN resolution can warp that historical truth," he said.

KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Israeli lawyer Nick…

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