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- Feb 26, 2012
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There is no doubt that the UN membership is going to vote to free Palestine at least on paper until Israel caves in to the universal pressure through boycotts for Israel to remove its occupation of Palestine...
āResolution 242 Revisitedā: new research on Security Councilās approach to Israel-Arab conflict
"...France will reportedly soon introduce a new proposed resolution about the Israeli-Arab conflict in the Council. President Obama has repeatedly hinted that he might not veto such a resolution.
One thing the paper makes clear is that Res. 242 represented a territorial compromise, with accommodations to Arab and Israel positions. The French resolution ā which mandates a withdrawal to the 1949 Armistice Lines ā would specifically undo the parts of that compromise that were in Israelās favor, and essentially āreverseā 242, replacing it with the resolution demanded by the U.S.S.R and Arab states in 1967. If the U.S. allows this to happen, it would be a fundamental reversal of 50 years of Middle East diplomacy..."
āResolution 242 Revisitedā: new research on Security Councilās approach to Israel-Arab conflict
"...France will reportedly soon introduce a new proposed resolution about the Israeli-Arab conflict in the Council. President Obama has repeatedly hinted that he might not veto such a resolution.
One thing the paper makes clear is that Res. 242 represented a territorial compromise, with accommodations to Arab and Israel positions. The French resolution ā which mandates a withdrawal to the 1949 Armistice Lines ā would specifically undo the parts of that compromise that were in Israelās favor, and essentially āreverseā 242, replacing it with the resolution demanded by the U.S.S.R and Arab states in 1967. If the U.S. allows this to happen, it would be a fundamental reversal of 50 years of Middle East diplomacy..."
