United Nations and Palestine
Rule of Law
International law rose after the
Second World War as a way to resolve conflicts without the use of violence.
Israel has broken more United Nations (UN) resolution than any other country. In order to stall any final solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict Israel has constructed realities on the ground such as illegal settlements, internal
displacement of people and economic sanctions to act as an impetus to drive people to seek sanctuary
outside of Palestinian territory. Israel's goal is to annex as
much Palestinian land as possible with as little Palestinians on them as possible has pushed Israel to disregard many United Nations resolutions.
Former United States Congressman Paul Findley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Findley) compiled a list of resolutions the United States vetoed at the United Nations
Security Council and a list of United Nations resolutions against Israel that
have been broken by Israel. He notes
that the United States was successful at preventing the United Nations from
pushing sanctions against Israel and as a consequence stymied any attempts at
solving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and indirectly influenced all the resolutions against Israel to be watered down in hopes that the United States
not use their veto to impede the resolution from going through. http://guardian.150m.com/palestine/UN-condemnation-of-israel.htm
Reading through the resolutions
gives a very different image of Israel than the ones often portrayed on
mainstream American media. The latest resolution to pass called on Israel to
put its nuclear facilities under international oversight indicates Israel is
not the helpless player in the Conflict. Israel is a nuclear nation with the fourth
largest military force in the world and is hardly the defensive player it is portraying to be but an active offensive provocateur. UN Resolution 3379 describes Zionism as a form of
Racism underlies the fallacy that Israel is a democratic nation that treats all
its citizens equally. The resolution points to the preferential treatment
Jewish citizens receive in Israel compared to the Palestinian minorities in cases like education and housing to name a few. Typically, democracies obey the rule of law and do not require the United States to apply diplomatic pressure to have the UN Resolution 3379 to be rescinded by UN Resolution 4686 in 1991.
Another United Nations resolution that negatively reflects on the treatment of Palestinians by Israel since 1948 is United Nations Resolution 194. This resolution was sponsored by Count Folke Bernadotte (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folke_Bernadotte) before his assassination by Israeli extremists. This resolution calls on the unconditional return of all Palestinian refugees that were forceable removed from their homes by organized Jewish military organizations. Interestingly enough, Count Folke was accepted as a United Nations mediator in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict by the Israeli government because they believed he would be partial towards them because as president of the Swedish Red Cross he was instrumental in saving Jews from the Nazis during the Second World War. Israeli officials did not expect him to show the same type of empathy for the Palestinians he did the Jews.
Another United Nations resolution that negatively reflects on the treatment of Palestinians by Israel since 1948 is United Nations Resolution 194. This resolution was sponsored by Count Folke Bernadotte (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folke_Bernadotte) before his assassination by Israeli extremists. This resolution calls on the unconditional return of all Palestinian refugees that were forceable removed from their homes by organized Jewish military organizations. Interestingly enough, Count Folke was accepted as a United Nations mediator in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict by the Israeli government because they believed he would be partial towards them because as president of the Swedish Red Cross he was instrumental in saving Jews from the Nazis during the Second World War. Israeli officials did not expect him to show the same type of empathy for the Palestinians he did the Jews.
Even though United Nations
resolutions are often non binding they do carry moral weight among members and
repeated condemnation of Israel’s human rights violations, and international
laws undermines Israel’s credibility as a democracy and questions the loyalty
of American politicians representing American values of freedom, democracy and
liberty with each veto it favors Israel over the Palestinians.
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Here is additional information on three resolutions that are used often in Palestinian debates.
In an effort to create a nuclear free zone in the Middle East the United Nations called on Israel to disclose their nuclear program. http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/business/energy/article/UN-assembly-calls-on-Israel-to-join-nuclear-treaty-5929740.php
In an attempt to eliminate all forms of racism the United Nations passed resolution 3379.http://www.scribd.com/doc/133166159/UN-Resolution-3379-Elimination-of-all-forms-of-racial-discrimination
Resolution 194 protects the rights of all Palestinian refugees to return to their homes they were displaced from by Israeli militia, and/or given repartition for lost or destroyed property. http://www.mideastweb.org/194.htm
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Here is additional information on three resolutions that are used often in Palestinian debates.
In an effort to create a nuclear free zone in the Middle East the United Nations called on Israel to disclose their nuclear program. http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/business/energy/article/UN-assembly-calls-on-Israel-to-join-nuclear-treaty-5929740.php
In an attempt to eliminate all forms of racism the United Nations passed resolution 3379.http://www.scribd.com/doc/133166159/UN-Resolution-3379-Elimination-of-all-forms-of-racial-discrimination
Resolution 194 protects the rights of all Palestinian refugees to return to their homes they were displaced from by Israeli militia, and/or given repartition for lost or destroyed property. http://www.mideastweb.org/194.htm
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For more information on the question of the
loyalty of American Politicians please see:
House Resolution 707, which favors Israeli
narratives in the US government:
Peaceful
Political Action 101-A, which documents some of the ways the US politicians
favor Israeli interests over the interests of US citizens:
Boycott for Peace!
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