UN votes to upgrade Palestinian status | Al Jazeera English

What this historic vote means for Palestine: 1. “Palestine can join the Rome Statute for the International Criminal Court and file a Complaint with the ICC against the illegal settlements and settlers, who are committing war crimes; 2. “Palestine can join the Statute for the International Court of Justice, sue Israel at the World Court, and break the illegal siege of Gaza; 3. “Palestine can join the Law of the Sea Convention and get its fair share of the enormous gas fields lying off the coast of Gaza, thus becoming economically self-sufficient;   4. “Palestine can become a High Contracting Party to the Four Geneva Conventions [this deals with the laws of war];   5. “Palestine can join the International Civil Aviation Organization and gain sovereign, legal control over its own airspace;   6. “Palestine can join the International Telecommunications Union and gain sovereign legal control over its own airwaves, phone lines, bandwidths.”

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