Contempt for UN resolutions
Why should Palestinians even entertain the idea of talking to their criminal tormentors when the path to peace is clearly set out in countless rulings by the United Nations and by the International Court of Justice? These are waiting to be implemented and enforced. Here are some examples…..
- Resolution 181 (the Partition Plan of 1947 accepted by the Jews) declares Jerusalem, including Bethlehem and Beit Sahour, a corpus separatum – to be run under an international UN administration. This was reiterated in Resolution 303 a year later. We’re still waiting.
- Resolution 194: resolves that refugees wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with their neighbours should be permitted to do so at the earliest practicable date, and that compensation should be paid for the property of those choosing not to return and for loss of or damage. That was 64 years ago.
- Resolution 237: Israel to allow return of the “new” 1967 Palestinian refugees.
- Resolution 242: emphasizes the inadmissibility of acquiring territory by war and calls on Israel to withdraw its forces from land occupied in 1967.
- Resolution 252: declares invalid Israel’s attempts to unify Jerusalem as the Jewish capital.
- Resolution 271: condemns Israel’s failure to obey UN resolutions on Jerusalem.
- Resolution 298: deplores Israel’s changing of the status of Jerusalem.
- Resolution 446: determines that Israeli settlements are a “serious obstruction” to peace and calls on Israel to abide by the Fourth Geneva Convention.
- Resolution 452: calls on Israel to cease building settlements in occupied territories.
- Resolution 465: deplores Israel’s settlements and asks all member states not to assist Israel’s settlements program.
- Resolution 469: strongly deplores Israel’s failure to observe the Council’s order not to deport Palestinians.
- Resolution 471: expresses deep concern at Israel’s failure to abide by the Fourth Geneva Convention.
- Resolution 476: reiterates that Israel’s claims to Jerusalem are null and void.
- Resolution 478: censures Israel in the strongest terms for its claim to Jerusalem in its Basic Law.
- Resolution 605: strongly deplores Israel’s policies and practices denying the human rights of Palestinians.
- Resolution 608: deeply regrets that Israel has defied the United Nations and deported Palestinian civilians.
- Resolution 641: deplores Israel’s continuing deportation of Palestinians.
- Resolution 673: deplores Israel’s refusal to cooperate with the United Nations.
- Resolution 681: deplores Israel’s resumption of the deportation of Palestinians.
- Resolution 694: deplores Israel’s deportation of Palestinians and calls on it to ensure their safe and immediate return.
- Resolution 726: strongly condemns Israel’s deportation of Palestinians.
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