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Serbia abstained from voting in the U.N. General Assembly on Sept. 18, on a non-binding resolution which demands that Israel end its "unlawful presence" in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank within a year.
The resolution got the votes of 124 out of the 193 U.N. members, 14 voted against, while 43 abstained, the U.N. said on X.
Besides Serbia, other abstainers included Great Britain, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Slovakia, Lithuania, Ukraine, North Macedonia, Albania, Canada, India, Australia, and others.
The U.S., Israel, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Argentina, and other countries voted against the resolution.
The resolution demands that all Israeli forces withdraw from the aforementioned areas and that Jewish settlers be evacuated from the occupied Palestinian territories "without delay."
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