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Hypocrisy abound!

I'm going to wade briefly into the issue of the Middle East conflict, but because its so contested I'm going to keep it short.

As the conflict enters its third week, an Israeli foreign office spokesperson appeared on the BBC's World Today programme a few minutes ago. He was asked when a ceasefire would happen and he replied that Israel want a ceasefire that lasts – in other words, he said, when Hizbollah are forced to abide by the UN resolution which demands their disarmament.

I'm amazed that so far this line of argument by Israel and the U.S. hasn't been challenged for it's glaring hypocrisy. Israel is demanding by violent force that Hizbollah abide by a U.N. resolution….between 1955 and 1992, Israel ignored no less than 63 U.N. resolutions, including:

• Resolution 250: " . . . 'calls' on Israel to refrain from holding military parade in Jerusalem".


• Resolution 251: " . . . 'deeply deplores' Israeli military parade in Jerusalem in defiance of Resolution 250".


• Resolution 285: " . . . 'demands' immediate Israeli withdrawal form Lebanon".


• Resolution 317: " . . . 'deplores' Israel's refusal to release Arabs abducted in Lebanon".


• Resolution 471: " . . . 'expresses deep concern' at Israel's failure to abide
  by the Fourth Geneva Convention".


• Resolution 487: " . . . 'strongly condemns' Israel for its attack on Iraq's nuclear facility"


• Resolution 607: " . . . 'calls' on Israel not to deport Palestinians and strongly requests it to abide by the Fourth Geneva Convention.

….and this is all before 1992. I count a further 20 between 1993-95

[Click here to see the full list]

Time and again, Israel has flouted U.N. rules since 1955 and over half a century later, it seems they are still at it, continuing aerial bombardments in south Lebanon despite promises of a 48 hour ceasefire.

That plus Condi's disgusting speech expressing her "shock" and "sadness" at the destruction at Qana, most likely caused by US bombs; it really is hypocrisy abound in the Middle East.

: 01 Aug 2006 08:46 |  Tags: Condi Rice Israel Lebanon Middle East News Politics United Nations |  Comments (4) |  Close comments |  Report a problem