A Palestinian medic helps a protester hit with a teargas canister fired by Israeli troops near the Gaza Strip's border with Israel last week. Photo / AP file
A Palestinian medic helps a protester hit with a teargas canister fired by Israeli troops near the Gaza Strip's border with Israel last week. Photo / AP file
The United Nations General Assembly has approved a Palestinian-backed resolution blaming Israel for violence in Gaza.
It narrowly rejected a US demand to add an amendment condemning attacks on Israel by Gaza's Hamas rulers.
The votes reflected wide concern in the 193-member world body that the resolution sponsored by Araband Islamic nations was one-sided and failed to even mention Hamas, which has fired over 100 rockets at Israel.
The US amendment to condemn Hamas, which was voted on first, was approved by a vote of 62-58 with 42 abstentions.
General Assembly President Miroslav Lajcak declared that under UN rules a two-thirds vote was needed so the amendment failed.
