text:  Yeah, the Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, who's based in the West Bank, called it historic. In contrast, Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, rejected the ruling saying, quote, the Jewish people are not conquerors in their own land. A couple of important points here. This is an advisory, a non-binding opinion. The UN General Assembly requested this formal opinion, though it's been saying essentially the same thing about Israeli settlements for decades.