Above Law!
In a recent Syrian-Egyptian Summit, Presidents Assad and Mubarak called upon the UN Security Council to work as to compel Israel to implement UN Security Council resolutions without double standards as the only guarantee for halting deterioration in the situation creating the conducive atmosphere to salvage Mideast process of peace on all tracks. Actually, as deputy Premier and Foreign Minister, Farouk Sharaa’ addressed the UN General assembly on Sept.15 " the United Nations has adopted hundreds of resolutions which Israel refused to implement in a stark challenge to the will of international community." "Israel’s contempt of international legitimacy has reached a point that invoked the disapproval and anger of the public opinion, "
Israel has indeed been above law since its imposition upon
the region indigenous by a UN Resolution. Thus among the UN resolutions it
violated and ignored, not to mention 28 UN Security Council resolutions, are:1.
Resolution 106: "... 'condemns' Israel for Gaza raid" 2. Resolution 111:
"...'condemns' Israel for raid on Syria that killed fifty-six people" 3.
Resolution 127: "...'recommends' Israel suspend its 'no-man's zone' in
Jerusalem". 4. Resolution 162: "...'urges' Israel to comply with UN decisions"
5. Resolution 171: "...determines flagrant violations' by Israel in its attack
on Syria" 6. Resolution 228: "...'censures' Israel for its attack on Samu in the
West Bank, then under Jordanian control" 7. Resolution 237: "...'urges' Israel
to allow return of new 1967 Palestinian refugees" 8. Resolution 248: "...
'condemns' Israel for its massive attack on Karameh in Jordan" 9. Resolution
250: "... 'calls' on Israel to refrain from holding military parade in
Jerusalem" 10. Resolution 251: "... 'deeply deplores' Israeli military parade in
Jerusalem in defiance of Resolution 250" 11. Resolution 252: "...'declares
invalid' Israel's acts to unify Jerusalem as Jewish capital" 12. Resolution 256:
"... 'condemns' Israeli raids on Jordan as 'flagrant violation"" 13. Resolution
259: "...'deplores' Israel's refusal to accept UN mission to probe occupation"
14. Resolution 262: "...'condemns' Israel for attack on Beirut airport" 15.
Resolution 265: "... 'condemns' Israel for air attacks against Salt in Jordan"
16. Resolution 267: "...'censures' Israel for administrative acts to change the
status of Jerusalem" 17. Resolution 270: "...'condemns' Israel for air attacks
on villages in southern Lebanon" 18. Resolution 271: "...'condemns' Israel's
failure to obey UN resolutions on Jerusalem" 19. Resolution 279:
"...'demands' withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon" 20. Resolution 280:
"....'condemns' Israeli's attacks against Lebanon" 21. Resolution 285:
"...'demands' immediate Israeli withdrawal form Lebanon" 22. Resolution 298:
"...'deplores' Israel's changing of the status of Jerusalem" 23. Resolution 313:
"...'demands' that Israel stop attacks against Lebanon" 24. Resolution 316:
"...'condemns' Israel for repeated attacks on Lebanon" 25. Resolution 317:
"...'deplores' Israel's refusal to release Arabs abducted in Lebanon" 26.
Resolution 332: "...'condemns' Israel's repeated attacks against Lebanon" 27.
Resolution 337: "...'condemns' Israel for violating Lebanon's sovereignty" 28.
Resolution 347: "...'condemns' Israeli attacks on Lebanon" 29. Resolution 425:
"...'calls' on Israel to withdraw its forces from Lebanon" 30. Resolution 427:
"...'calls' on Israel to complete its withdrawal from Lebanon' 31. Resolution
444: "...'deplores' Israel's lack of cooperation with UN peacekeeping forces"
32. Resolution 446: "...'determines' that Israeli settlements are a 'serious
obstruction' to peace and calls on Israel to abide by the Fourth Geneva
Convention" 33. Resolution 450: "...'calls' on Israel to stop attacking Lebanon"
34. Resolution 452: "...'calls' on Israel to cease building settlements in
occupied territories" 35. Resolution 465: "...'deplores' Israel's settlements
and asks all member states not to assist Israel's settlements program" 36.
Resolution 467: "...'strongly deplores' Israel's military intervention in
Lebanon"
37. Resolution 468: "...'calls' on Israel to rescind illegal expulsions of two
Palestinian mayors and a judge and to facilitate their return" 38. Resolution
469: "...'strongly deplores' Israel's failure to observe the council's order not
to deport Palestinians" 39. Resolution 471: "... 'expresses deep concern' at
Israel's failure to abide by the Fourth Geneva Convention" 40. Resolution 476:
"... 'reiterates' that Israel's claims to Jerusalem are 'null and void'" 41.
Resolution 478: "...'censures (Israel) in the strongest terms' for its claim to
Jerusalem in its 'Basic Law'" 42. Resolution 484: "...'declares it imperative'
that Israel re-admit two deported Palestinian mayors" 43. Resolution 487:
"...'strongly condemns' Israel for its attack on Iraq's nuclear facility" 44.
Resolution 497: "...'decides' that Israel's annexation of the Syrian Golan
Heights is 'null and void' and demands that Israel rescind its decision
forthwith" 45. Resolution 498: "...'calls' on Israel to withdraw from Lebanon"
46. Resolution 501: "...'calls' on Israel to stop attacks against Lebanon and
withdraw its troops" 47. Resolution 509: "...'demands' that Israel withdraw its
forces forthwith and unconditionally from Lebanon" 48. Resolution 515:
"...'demands' that Israel lift its siege of Beirut and allow food supplies to be
brought in" 49. Resolution 517: "...'censures' Israel for failing to obey UN
resolutions and demands that Israel withdraw its forces from Lebanon" 50.
Resolution 518: "...'demands' that Israel cooperate fully with UN forces in
Lebanon" 51. Resolution 520: "...'condemns' Israel's attack into West Beirut"
52. Resolution 573: "...'condemns' Israel 'vigorously' for bombing Tunisia in
attack on PLO headquarters 53. Resolution 587: "...'takes note' of previous
calls on Israel to withdraw its forces from Lebanon." 54. Resolution 592:
"...'strongly deplores' the killing of Palestinian students at Bir Zeit
University by Israeli troops" 55. Resolution 605: "...'strongly deplores'
Israel's policies and practices denying the human rights of Palestinians 56.
Resolution 607: "...'calls' on Israel not to deport Palestinians and strongly
requests it to abide by the Fourth Geneva Convention 57. Resolution 608:
"...'deeply regrets' that Israel has defied the United Nations and deported
Palestinian civilians" 58. Resolution 636: "...'deeply regrets' Israeli
deportation of Palestinian civilians 59. Resolution 641: "...'deplores' Israel's
continuing deportation of Palestinians 60. Resolution 672: "...'condemns' Israel
for violence against Palestinians at the Haram al-Sharif 61. Resolution 673:
"...'deplores' Israel's refusal to cooperate with the United Nations. 62.
Resolution 681: "...'deplores' Israel's resumption of the deportation of
Palestinians 63. Resolution 694: "...'deplores' Israel's deportation of
Palestinians and calls on it to ensure their safe and immediate return 64.
Resolution 726: "...'strongly condemns' Israel's deportation of Palestinians 65.
Resolution 799: "...'strongly condemns' Israel's deportation of 413 Palestinians
and calls for their immediate return…………………….!!!!????
"Just and comprehensive peace in our region cannot be achieved except by the implementation of the resolutions of International legitimacy which stress the Israeli withdrawal from all Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967, and of the safeguarding of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people and including the establishment of their independent state with Jerusalem as its capital." Mr. Sharaa’ reiterated to New York’s based UN General Assembly. Will the leopard change its spots?
BY
Mohammad Abdo Al-Ibrahim