<p class="content-excerpt">'This move will not change the reality on the ground, will not contribute anything to the Palestinian people'</p> <div class="components"> <p>Israel's outgoing prime minister Yair Lapid on Saturday responded to the recent resolution calling for the International Criminal Court to submit an opinion on Israel's activity in Palestinian territories, calling it a "one-sided Palestinian move" that "may cause escalation."</p> <p>The United Nations on Friday&nbsp;<a class="link" title="https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/diplomacy/1668187533-un-votes-to-seek-icj-opinion-on-israeli-occupation" href="https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/diplomacy/1668187533-un-votes-to-seek-icj-opinion-on-israeli-occupation" _mce_href="https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/diplomacy/1668187533-un-votes-to-seek-icj-opinion-on-israeli-occupation">voted in favor</a>&nbsp;of seeking the ICC to consider that, due to its continuing nature, the "Israeli occupation" in the West Bank and east Jerusalem constitutes annexation.</p> <p>Brought up at the request of the West Bank's Palestinian Authority but officially submitted by Nicaragua,&nbsp;<a class="link" title="https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/diplomacy/1667828841-palestinians-call-on-icj-to-rule-israeli-occupation-as-annexation" href="https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/diplomacy/1667828841-palestinians-call-on-icj-to-rule-israeli-occupation-as-annexation" _mce_href="https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/diplomacy/1667828841-palestinians-call-on-icj-to-rule-israeli-occupation-as-annexation">the motion</a>&nbsp;passed with 98 votes in favor, 17 against, and 52 abstentions.&nbsp;</p> <p>"This is again, a unilateral Palestinian move, undermining the fundamental principles of resolving the conflict and potentially harming any possibility of a future process," Lapid said, accusing the Palestinian side of "using the UN to attack Israel."</p> </div>