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Originally Posted by klipkap";p="
No, Abu, they don't explain to me how to read. Sorry mate - but I can read English and UN protocol states that "the meaning of UN resolutions shall be that which the members voted on", ....
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"What did the members Vote on"?
Well after many, many drafts of the resolution.. some by Arabs and USSR trying to Insert "all" or "the" the members indeed knew they were voting for Incomplete withdrawal to NEW "secure and Recognized" Boundaries, Recognizing the Old ones were NOT.
IOW, the First 'Land for Peace' Resolution.
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"UN SC 242 calls on Israel to withdraw only from territories occupied in the course of the Six Day War - that is, NOT from 'all' the territories or even from 'the' territories...
Ingeniously drafted resolutions calling for withdrawal from 'all' the territory were defeated in the Security Council and the General Assembly one after another.
Speaker after speaker made it explicit that Israel was NOT to be forced back to the 'fragile and vulnerable' [1949/1967] Armistice Demarcation Lines..."SC Resolution 242, 1993, p. 17).
USSR and the Arabs supported a draft demanding a withdrawal to the 1967 Lines. The US, Canada and most of West Europe and Latin America supported the draft, which was eventually approved by the UN Security Council. rican Society of International Law, 1970).
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Couldn't be any clearer than that. The members indeed knew quite well
That is why in fact, Israel accepted IMMEDIATELY (speech by Eban) and Syria and the Palestinians REJECTED it.
Hmmm. Kilppy.. kinda hard to explain that result ANY other way.. aint it?
Add the above Fact/Result to the Statements of the Authors.. and you have unmistakeably that the parties knew what they were voting on.
NOT the old borders and NOT complete withdrawal (NO 'all' nor even 'the') but to New more "secure and Recognized ones".. more defendable ones for Israel as laid out in my first.
Next set of 'anti-zionists' (cough) please step up!
(Funny thing about this conflict, even documented facts don't change opinion, just rationale. That's how we know what 'antizionism' really is)
http://gameover.org/
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