GC42 Israel-Palestine Two-State Solution (GC42 2015-059)

That the 42nd General Council (2015) direct the Executive of the General Council to review the policy on Palestine/Israel in consultation with partners in the region by:

  1. affirming the right of self-determination for Palestinians and Israelis so that any choice regarding statehood be made by the people living in Palestine/Israel; and

  2. re-affirming the right of Israelis and Palestinians to live peacefully within internationally recognized borders.

 

GC42 2015 ROP, pp. 187, 192-193, 454

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