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UN resolution condemns attacks against civilians UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The UN General Assembly condemned attacks against Palestinian and Israeli civilians and demanded an immediate end to Israeli incursions in the West Bank and all acts of violence, incitement and destruction. The resolution, which is not legally binding, was approved 114-4 with 11 abstentions at the end of a daylong debate in which Israel's occupation — and recent reoccupation — of West Bank cities was denounced by many countries in Asia, Africa and the Mideast. The resolution got the support of the European Union but not the United States, Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and Israel. The resolution was called by Israel’s deputy UN ambassador, Aaron Jacob as “one-sided and he accused the General Assembly of ignoring the reality of a relentless Palestinian suicide campaign. For US Ambassador Jonh Negroponte explained that the session should begun by condemning terrorist organizations such as Hamas. According to him Hamas wants to sabotage any effort to achieve Arab-Israeli peace.
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