Examining the Implementation of the United Nations Resolution on Decolonization in Relation to the Israeli Occupation of Palestine

SadaNews - The Middle East Studies Center in the Jordanian capital, Amman, organized a political and legal seminar on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, discussing the possibility of applying United Nations resolutions regarding decolonization to the case of the Israeli occupation of Palestine. The seminar included the participation of several diplomats, politicians, academics, and legal researchers from Jordan, Palestine, and the Arab world.

In her opening session participation, Dala Salama, a member of Fatah's Central Committee and a member of the Palestinian Central Council, addressed the exceptional nature of the Palestinian cause politically and legally within the United Nations system. She highlighted the foundations for a political solution to the Palestinian issue based on international legitimacy, as evidenced by the international recognition of Palestine as a non-member state. She affirmed that the Palestinian issue represents the most significant test of the United Nations' ability to enforce international justice, given the continued denial by the occupying state of international resolutions.

She emphasized the importance of the seminar, the research papers, and hearing legal opinions and experiences. She stated that exploring all legal avenues to utilize United Nations decisions to end the occupation and hold it accountable for its crimes is an urgent national necessity.

Salama stressed the importance of concerted Arab, Islamic, and international efforts to design paths for action within the international system that ensure the end of the occupation and realize the right to self-determination and an independent Palestinian state.

The seminar also discussed the legal and political opportunities available to Palestinian and Arab decision-makers amid the growing international debate over the legitimacy of the occupation and its colonial nature, as well as the applicability of international decolonization laws, particularly UN General Assembly Resolution 1514 of 1960, to the case of the Israeli occupation. Participants explored the possibility of formulating a direction toward a UN resolution to be presented to the General Assembly that clearly links the Palestinian situation to the global decolonization process.