UN General Assembly calls for Israeli withdrawal from occupied areas

With a clear majority of 124 votes, the UN General Assembly has called for Israel's withdrawal from occupied Palestinian territories within a year.

Forty-three countries, including Germany, abstained from voting on the corresponding resolution in the largest UN body, which has 193 member states.

Israel itself, along with the United States, voted against the draft resolution together with 12 other countries.

Some states did not vote.