Abu, I have maintained all along that UNSC 242 requires that Israel withdraw from territories gained in the Six Day War. I have maintained that the lead-in emphasis of the exact text of the resolution makes this crystal clear, namely
"Emphasizing the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war ....." How can there be any doubt that this resolution is sanctioning Israel because it pretended to hold onto such territory (and still does).
I am stunned that you offer opinions of various persons who did not vote on the Security council as evidence that my thesis is incorrect, while at the same time presenting the following as evidence for your position. Abu - please read these words from
your own reference carefully - please.
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Prof. Eugene Rostow, former Undersecretary of State, a key author of 242, international law authority, Yale University: [b]"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...
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Can you please explain to me what on earth is going on and why you insist that the resolution does not sanction Israel for acquiring territories by war, and as a DIRECT corollary, requiring Israel to retreat to the pre-1967 situation?