THE United Nations general assembly was set to vote last night on a Palestinian resolution demanding that Israel end its “unlawful presence”in Gaza and the occupied West Bank within a year, withdraw its military forces and evacuate all settlers.

The resolution is being put to a vote in the 193-member assembly as Israel’s brutal military campaign in Gaza approaches its first anniversary. 

Palestinian UN ambassador Riyad Mansour opened the assembly meeting on Tuesday by warning that his people face an “existential threat” and accusing Israel of holding them “in shackles.”