32. 15 - Clarification about UN resolutions and Israel
I won't even address the empirical difference in censure of Israel vs. other, more violent nations in the region. Rather, I will look only at the resolutions themselves: Israel has upheld several UN security council resolutions, or the parts of them that it is able to, based on security considerations in its environment (a consideration, btw, that is implicit in the wording of these resolutions). Not only do people such as you completely ignore the ME security situation and acts of good will by Israel, you, in fact, ignore the very wording of most of these resolutions, which talk about obligations from other parties, many of which are inherently CONDITIONAL TO ISRAEL'S COMPLETE COMPLIANCE TO UNSCRs.
Allow me to demonstrate:
UNSCR 194 - It set up an international Conciliation Commission to mediate between the parties and made provisions for the return or resettlement of refugees. The resolution says nothing solely about "Arab refugees" and clearly applies to both Arab and Jewish refugees of the Arab-instigated war. But Resolution 194 is only mentioned today when demanding rights for Arabs to return to Israel, something that is neither in the wording of Resolution 194 nor would be considered rational except in a different world, a world in which Jews could freely return to Arab lands and live there in peace. Those who demand compensation for Arab refugees have to also consider the loss of life, home, and property by hundreds of thousands of Jewish refugees who were forced out of Arab countries in the same time period.
UNSCR 242 - discusses withdrawal from territories, NOT 'the' territories. Withdrawal from territories is meant to facilitate peaceful resolution, which reminds us of the Palestinians' oft-glossed over duty in this resolution. 242 calls for Israel to withdraw to 'secure and recognizable' borders. Pal groups like Hamas, by denying Israel's right to exist, don't even allow for recognizable borders, not to mention their lauding of suicide attacks belies the 'secure' part of the sentence.
UNSCR 338- Resolution between Egypt and Israel and was focused on 'maintaining a just and durable peace between the two countries.' A just and durable peace was achieved, thus both Egpyt and Israel honored the spirit of the resolution. Israel's withdrawal from Sinai for peace, show's Israel's willingness to comply with this land-for-peace type resolution (implies that Israel has spirit to comply with 242 when security considerations allow). Also noteworthy: people state that 338 reinforces 242's call for Israel to cede territories. However, the Egyptians rejected Israel PM Begin's offer of Gaza, saying it was a deal-breaker and they didn't want it back.
UNSCR 1701 - Israel is taking steps to implement this. Regarding complaints of the blockade, Israel said that when mechanisms are in place to stop arms smuggling, they will lift it. This is a far cry from Hizbullah who bent Lebanese govt's arm regarding their disarmament which was clearly called for as part of the UN resolution. Lebanese actors (whether the govt or the real power - Hizbullah) are far less complicit with this resolution.
You conveniently forgot to mention UNSCR 425, which the UN confirmed that Israel upheld in full and which Lebanon did not uphold by not deploying Lebanese armed forces along the southern border.
See also Charles response about the first of all Israel-related resolutions. In reality, Israel's doing a much better job with the resolutions than your version of regional history would suggest.
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