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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (297301)	9/16/2002 9:37:54 PM
From: Emile Vidrine	Respond to of 769667

" Iraqi regime's compliance with all other Security Council resolutions. " What a hypocrite my President has become! Israel Violates UN Resolutions Former Illinois Congressman Paul Findley noted some interesting facts concerning Israel in his book Deliberate Deceptions: Facing the Facts About US-Israeli Relationship (Lawrence Hill Books, 1995). Findley demonstrates that Israel, with its "Amen corner" (as writer Pat Buchanan so eloquently noted), has kept the United Nations and others from a peaceful resolution to the problems there. The following is a list of resolutions concerning Israel from 1955 to 1992, as noted in Findley's book (pages 188-194), followed by a list of resolutions that Israel has violated: * Resolution 106: ". . . 'condemns' Israel for Gaza raid" * Resolution 111: ". . . 'condemns' Israel for raid on Syria that killed fifty-six people" * Resolution 127: ". . . 'recommends' Israel suspend its 'no-man's zone' in Jerusalem" * Resolution 162: ". . . 'urges' Israel to comply with UN decisions" * Resolution 171: ". . . determines flagrant violations' by Israel in its attack on Syria" * Resolution 228: ". . . 'censures' Israel for its attack on Samu in the West Bank, then under Jordanian control" * Resolution 237: ". . . 'urges' Israel to allow return of new 1967 Palestinian refugees" * Resolution 248: ". . . 'condemns' Israel for its massive attack on Karameh in Jordan" * Resolution 250: ". . . 'calls' on Israel to refrain from holding military parade in Jerusalem" * Resolution 251: ". . . 'deeply deplores' Israeli military parade in Jerusalem in defiance of Resolution 250" * Resolution 252: ". . . 'declares invalid' Israel's acts to unify Jerusalem as Jewish capital" * Resolution 256: ". . . 'condemns' Israeli raids on Jordan as 'flagrant violation"" * Resolution 259: ". . . 'deplores' Israel's refusal to accept UN mission to probe occupation" * Resolution 262: ". . . 'condemns' Israel for attack on Beirut airport" * Resolution 265: ". . . 'condemns' Israel for air attacks for Salt in Jordan" * Resolution 267: ". . . 'censures' Israel for administrative acts to change the status of Jerusalem" * Resolution 270: ". . . 'condemns' Israel for air attacks on villages in southern Lebanon" * Resolution 271: ". . . 'condemns' Israel's failure to obey UN resolutions on Jerusalem" * Resolution 279: ". . . 'demands' withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon" * Resolution 280: ". . . 'condemns' Israeli's attacks against Lebanon" * Resolution 285: ". . . 'demands' immediate Israeli withdrawal form Lebanon" * Resolution 298: ". . . 'deplores' Israel's changing of the status of Jerusalem" * Resolution 313: ". . . 'demands' that Israel stop attacks against Lebanon" * Resolution 316: ". . . 'condemns' Israel for repeated attacks on Lebanon" * Resolution 317: ". . . 'deplores' Israel's refusal to release Arabs abducted in Lebanon" * Resolution 332: ". . . 'condemns' Israel's repeated attacks against Lebanon" * Resolution 337: ". . . 'condemns' Israel for violating Lebanon's sovereignty" * Resolution 347: ". . . 'condemns' Israeli attacks on Lebanon" * Resolution 425: ". . . 'calls' on Israel to withdraw its forces from Lebanon" * Resolution 427: ". . . 'calls' on Israel to complete its withdrawal from Lebanon' * Resolution 444: ". . . 'deplores' Israel's lack of cooperation with UN peacekeeping forces" * Resolution 446: ". . . 'determines' that Israeli settlements are a 'serious obstruction' to peace and calls on Israel to abide by the Fourth Geneva Convention" * Resolution 450: ". . . 'calls' on Israel to stop attacking Lebanon" * 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 467: ". . . 'strongly deplores' Israel's military intervention in Lebanon" * Resolution 468: ". . . 'calls' on Israel to rescind illegal expulsions of two Palestinian mayors and a judge and to facilitate their return" * 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 claim to Jerusalem are 'null and void'" * Resolution 478: ". . . 'censures (Israel) in the strongest terms' for its claim to Jerusalem in its 'Basic Law'" * Resolution 484: ". . . 'declares it imperative' that Israel re- admit two deported Palestinian mayors" * Resolution 487: ". . . 'strongly condemns' Israel for its attack on Iraq's nuclear facility" * Resolution 497: ". . . 'decides' that Israel's annexation of Syria's Golan Heights is 'null and void' and demands that Israel rescinds its decision forthwith" * Resolution 498: ". . . 'calls' on Israel to withdraw from Lebanon" * Resolution 501: ". . . 'calls' on Israel to stop attacks against Lebanon and withdraw its troops" * Resolution 509: ". . . 'demands' that Israel withdraw its forces forthwith and unconditionally from Lebanon" * Resolution 515: ". . . 'demands' that Israel lift its siege of Beirut and allow food supplies to be brought in" * Resolution 517: ". . . 'censures' Israel for failing to obey UN resolutions and demands that Israel withdraw its forces from Lebanon" * Resolution 518: ". . . 'demands' that Israel cooperate fully with UN forces in Lebanon" * Resolution 520: ". . . 'condemns' Israel's attack into West Beirut" * Resolution 573: ". . . 'condemns' Israel 'vigorously' for bombing Tunisia in attack on PLO headquarters * Resolution 587: ". . . 'takes note' of previous calls on Israel to withdraw its forces from Lebanon and urges all parties to withdraw" * Resolution 592: ". . . 'strongly deplores' the killing of Palestinian students at Bir Zeit University by Israeli troops" * Resolution 605: ". . . 'strongly deplores' Israel's policies and practices denying the human rights of Palestinians * Resolution 607: ". . . 'calls' on Israel not to deport Palestinians and strongly requests it to abide by the Fourth Geneva Convention * Resolution 608: ". . . 'deeply regrets' that Israel has defied the United Nations and deported Palestinian civilians" * Resolution 636: ". . . 'deeply regrets' Israeli deportation of Palestinian civilians * Resolution 641: ". . . 'deplores' Israel's continuing deportation of Palestinians * Resolution 672: ". . . 'condemns' Israel for violence against Palestinians at the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount * 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 * Resolution 799: ". . . 'strongly condemns' Israel's deportation of 413 Palestinians and calls for their immediate return. In an effort to stifle criticism of Israel's flagrant violations of international agreements, the following UN resolutions were denied by the United States, who vetoed them. These are just some of the vetoes that took place from the latter part of 1972 to the first part of 1990: * . . . condemned Israel's attack against Southern Lebanon and Syria..." * . . . affirmed the rights of the Palestinian people to self- determination, statehood and equal protections. . . " * . . . condemned Israel's air strikes and attacks in southern Lebanon and its murder of innocent civilians. . . " * . . . called for self-determination of Palestinian people. . . " * . . deplored Israel's altering of the status of Jerusalem, which is recognized as an international city by most world nations and the United Nations . . . " * . . . affirmed the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people . . . " * . . . endorsed self-determination for the Palestinian people . . . " * . . . demanded Israel's withdrawal from the Golan Heights . . . " * . . . condemned Israel's mistreatment of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip and its refusal to abide by the Geneva convention protocols of civilized nations. * . . . condemned an Israeli soldier who shot eleven Moslem worshippers at the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount near Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem. . . " * . . . urged sanctions against Israel if it did not withdraw from its invasion of Lebanon ... " * . . . urged sanctions against Israel if it did not withdraw from its invasion of Beirut. . . " * . . . urged cutoff of economic aid to Israel if it refused to withdraw from its occupation of Lebanon. . . " * . . . condemned continued Israeli settlements in occupied territories in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, denouncing them as an obstacle to peace. . . " * . . . deplores Israel's brutal massacre of Arabs in Lebanon and urges its withdrawal. . . " * . . . condemned Israeli brutality in southern Lebanon and denounced the Israeli 'Iron Fist' policy of repression. . . " * . . . denounced Israel's violation of human rights in the occupied territories. . . " * . . . deplored Israel's violence in southern Lebanon. . . " * . . . deplored Israel's activities in occupied Arab East Jerusalem that threatened the sanctity of Muslim holy sites. . . " * . . . condemned Israel's hijacking of a Libyan passenger airplane. . . " * . . . deplored Israel's attacks against Lebanon and its measures and practices against the civilian population of Lebanon. . . " * . . . called on Israel to abandon its policies against the Palestinian intifada that violated the rights of occupied Palestinians, to abide by the Fourth Geneva Conventions, and to formalize a leading role for the United Nations in future peace negotiations. . . " * . . . urged Israel to accept back deported Palestinians, condemned Israel's shooting of civilians, called on Israel to uphold the Fourth Geneva Convention, and called for a peace settlement under UN auspices. . . " * . . . condemned Israel's . . incursion into Lebanon. . . " * . . . deplored Israel's . . . commando raids on Lebanon. . . " * . . . deplored Israel's repression of the Palestinian intifada and called on Israel to respect the human rights of the Palestinians. . . " * . . . deplored Israel's violation of the human rights of the Palestinians. . . " * . . . demanded that Israel return property confiscated from Palestinians during a tax protest and allow a fact-finding mission to observe Israel's crackdown on the Palestinian intifada . . . " * . . . called for a fact-finding mission on abuses against Palestinians in Israeli-occupied lands. . . " (extracted from pp. 192 - 194)