UN to vote on a Palestinian resolution demanding Israel end illegal occupation

A Palestinian child walks with a bicycle by the rubble of a building after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike (Fatima Shbair/AP)

The UN General Assembly will vote on Wednesday on a Palestinian resolution demanding that Israel end its “unlawful presence” in Gaza and the occupied West Bank within a year, withdraw its military forces and evacuate all settlers.

The resolution is being put to a vote in the 193-member assembly as Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza approaches its first anniversary and as violence in the West Bank reaches new heights.