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Ramifications of UNSC resolution: Sanctions, boycotts and ICC lawsuits
Itamar Eichner
Published: 24.12.16, 18:50
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1. Listen.We all posted often that O wud throw IL under a bus
Alan ,   SA   (12.24.16)
Sbefore he left office. What is new?

However, I do nt believe this is an insurmountable situation. Its time to stop pandering to the Pals.Israel must wait to see what Prez Trump does. (but don't rely on anything from him as he is the Pez of USA and not Israel!)

Kerry was flying to New Zeeland months ago to get the act together.

Look at the bright side.... how much worse wud it have been if Hillary got in?
2. Let us think i-legal.
i-legal   (12.24.16)
Like Shakespeare in the Merchant of Venice.

The resolution text needs a study, and can be easily voided if it is overreaching, discriminatory and unclear.
3. Responsibilities lie with PM office too...
Moshe ,   San Francisco   (12.24.16)
With due respect, my 2 cents:

(1) Netanyahu needs to take responsibility for messing up the US-Israel relationship this bad. Israel needs US more than the other way around, and when you have such dependencies, you do whatever it takes to retain that relationship

(2) Whenever you are trying to stretch something to its limits, you must stop right before it snaps and breaks. It is one think to build homes on uncontested land in WB etc., but on private properties? Come on guys... Israelites are way smarter than that!
4. It all depends on the U.S.
desertstraw ,   California   (12.24.16)
If the U.S. stands firm in backing Israel, as Trump has promised, the resolution will have little effect. There are no enforcement mechanisms and the ICC has no jurisdiction unless Israel grants it. Labeling settlement products might cause people to buy more given the almost universal anti-Muslim sentiment among most people. The people who pay attention to BDS do not need any new incentives. The Palestinians might engage in more terror but they can always find an excuse, if the U.S. had vetoed the resolution it would have been a new excuse. The lives of the Palestinians will not be improved by anything that their leaders and the UN do.
5. explain a jew or arab
dan   (12.24.16)
can a jew/israeli or an arab explain to my why this extreme hatred exist in the middle east? why you people jews and arabs cannot live in peace? Who is the guilty one? i see this conflict mostly in the tv since i was born i think so im interested who is guilty here.

regards from switzerland
6. 4th Geneva Convention applies to states only
Alexander ,   Tel Aviv   (12.24.16)
The 4th Geneva Convention only applies to state actors who have recognized the validity of the 4th Geneva Convention.

In order for the 4th Geneva Convention to apply,
1) A state actor must exist, and
2) the state actor must recognize the 4th Geneva Convention. Countries that did not agree to abide by the Convention are not bound to abide by it.

Since no "Palestinian" state exists and has never existed, the 4th Geneva Convention does not apply to the Arab imperialist settler communities in Judea and Samaria.
7. Annexation is the solution
Itzak ,   Bet Shemesh   (12.24.16)
Annexation is the solution, this UN resolution can only be applied in a place where an occupation exists. Israel has the right to Annex this land under the laws of the UN.
8. New Zealand
Loi Golan ,   Vineland   (12.25.16)
I had the opportunity to purchase something made in New Zealand, but glad I noticed the tag. I will never purchase anything made in New Zealand again as this country must be led by descendants of Amalek.
9. Excellent analysis, thank you
Carol ,   NYC   (12.25.16)
The resolution also makes all the legislation passed by various US Cities and States a violation of a UN Resolution, and therefore illegal under International Law.
10. Stop fighting and enjoy life while you can.
Rich ,   Toronto   (12.25.16)
Climate change is going to take down the whole place over the next 50 years, and IDF forces nor nuclear weapons will be able to save Israel. It‘s game over!
11. 'Palestinians' can now look for a place in the UNSC.
tiki ,   belgium   (12.25.16)
I rest my case.
12. ANNEX JUDEA AND SAMARIA NOW !
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (12.25.16)
THE UN IS FINALLY DONE AND OUT.
13. Moslems hate Jews
rosanne   (12.25.16)
For the Islamic "messiah" to come, Moslems have to slaughter the Jews
14. Israel not in ICC
Morton Chirnomas ,   Tel-Aviv   (12.25.16)
Israel has not signed or ratified the Rome Treaty implementing the International Criminal Court, hence it is not a valid venue in which to sue any Israeli citizen for acts occuring in Israel.
15. If all this 'hullabaloo" from UN vote causes sanctions,
barbara ,   Haifa   (12.25.16)
boycotts, etc. - then why can't Israel do the same to the international world?
Cut off our technological and computer advances from them. Turn off
their computer connections - hey, didn't Israel develop the computer components ?
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