| the British and Irish media. If any other state in this world were guilty of such persistent refusal to obey the will of the “international community”, it would be subject to continuous threats of economic and/or military sanctions by the US and the EU – and we would never hear the end of it from the British and Irish media. The Security Council resolutions being violated by Israel are listed in the Appendix below. For a correspondence with the Israeli Embassy in London on these violations see [2]. Four of the resolutions being violated by Israel are very significant: if Israel chose to take the action demanded in them, the political landscape in Palestine would be transformed. These are: (1) Resolution 252
This resolution, passed on 21 May 1968, demands that Israel reverse its annexation of East Jerusalem. It states: [The Security Council]
2. Considers that all legislative and administrative measures and actions taken by Israel, including expropriation of land and properties thereon, which tend to change the legal status of Jerusalem are invalid and cannot change that status;
3. Urgently calls upon Israel to rescind all such measures already taken and to desist forthwith from taking any further |
