The Israeli government is portraying itself as being worried about international delegitimisation at the UN. As the UN General Assembly Fourth Committee on Decolonisation passed the resolution “Israeli practices and settlement activities affecting the rights of the Palestinian people and other Arabs of the occupied territories including East Jerusalem” on 11 November, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid sent letters to 50 world leaders asking them to dissuade the Palestinian Authority from seeking advice from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over settlement expansion and annexation. “If the Palestinians continue to ignore these requests and this resolution is brought to a vote in December, I hope and expect that your country will vote against it and voice your clear concerns regarding … Continue reading Lapid exploits UN resolutions to further Israel’s security narrative