One Point on Israeli Spin

This was written during Israel's attack on Lebanon three weeks ago.

If I hear another Israeli spokesperson try and remind us that "The Hezbollah needs to disarm as mandated under UN resolution 1559" or that Israel is carrying out its attack because the Lebanese Government refuses to implement Resolution 1559... I'm going to scream.

The rhetorical use of UN Security Council Resolutions (and them not being carried out) by the Israeli Government is one of the most laughable acts in this war full of tragedies.

I just want to remind everyone that Israel has no interest in fulfilling UN resolutions. Here are a couple of UN Resolutions that Israel has decided to ignore...

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Let me quote from the infamous Resolution 242 in particular. It calls for the "Withdrawl of Israel armed forces from territories occupied in the recent conflict".

The "recent conflict" being the 1967 June war and the "territories occupied" being the West Bank, Gaza Strip (and the Sinai) and the Golan Heights. Has Israel complied with this 40 YEAR OLD resolution? Of course not.

You can read ANY of the above listed Resolutions that Israel has decided to ignore AS WELL AS 1559 - the Resolution Lebanon has ignored and thus suffers the consequence of a 1000 civilian deaths... The UN official site: http://domino.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/vCouncilRes