Not many people know it, but Blair stood before the US congress not long after 9/11 and said that there will never be an end to the war on terror until the Israeli Palestinian conflict is resolved fairly and a 2 state solution is achieved.

His complicity in the Iraq debacle is a black mark against him, but he has always been truthful and outspoken about the great harm that the Isreali settlement movement has brought upon the entire world, and has made it quite clear that it is a major contributing factor for the motivation of 9/11 and other world terrorism.

I sincerely hope that he works to follow the wishes of the rest of the EU (and really, just about every other nation on earth as evidenced by their votes in the UN) and introduce an international peace keeping force in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, to help keep order while the IDF removes the settlers and withdraws, and keep peace after they leave.

"1400 years of the death cult of islam murdering at will and i need to be silenced.
islamics telling their children that murder for their god is to strive for and i need to be silenced.
outlaw islam in america.
nuke islam abroad.
end the terrorist cult of death now." - Frank Collins

Get your facts straight first before ever posting an opinion of that much hate.

First: The correct term for followers of the religion Islam is "Muslims"

Second: Using the term "Nuke" to solve any problem is by far one of the dumbest ideas anyone can come up with. If any nation even thinks about pushing a big red button seriously has a death wish economically. Not only will the world shun the nation, but all the imported crack you have obviously been smoking along with many other if not all international products would stop coming in Mr. Collins. That includes all foreign investments, tourists and that wonderful fluid we Americans love to call oil.

Third: I don't know how much you know about Islam but for goodness sake man pick up a few books and read about the religion. The terrorist and insurgent activity we witness today comes from people who call themselves Muslims (Not Islamics), but use the words in the Quran for the sake of political reasons and personal agendas. In the eyes of many Muslims across the globe, the justification of terrorist acts by those who use the islamic faith as a valid reason are deeply looked down upon and scorned by the majority of Muslims today

Fourth: The ousting or banning of any religion in the United States is a direct violation of every Americans first amendment right to religion.

Fifth: I'm not exactly going to argue the accusation of Islam being a death cult because its not worth the time or the effort to show someone who is uneducated and really misinformed like Mr. Collins why he is wrong. All religions have had their share of violence in our history. With Christians we have witnessed things like the Crusades and the Inquisition. Some Muslims, (Not all) in the recent years are following a similar trend with the introduction of extremist tactics to prove a point.

In conclusion, Before you start putting a certain religion or its followers to a stake in the fire, inform and educate yourself. Posting your hatred for people of a faith solves nothing in result. It seems that people now-of-days need to place their hatred somewhere so the easiest targets to hate today are the Muslims and to me it seems like a growing trend. Most Muslims as you know aren't bad people, you just have some Muslims that fall very far from the tree and those are the people who kill and perform acts of terror. So hate them, not the rest of the Muslim Population.

Alan @ June 30, 2007 9:25 AM: I agree that this blog full of hatred and slurs. I find especially 'Frank Colins' (and similar) especially offensive and my opinion of the 'moderators' cannot be lower. I do not believe that it is caused by ignorance of history - it is simple bigotry. (I also have a particular opinion for those who seem to be constantly posting - they must either lead very frustrated lives or are on someone's payroll).

I will again repeat that whether there is an ancient map with 'Palestine' on it, is irrelevant. For the record, I do not accept that God is in the land grant business; or that God advocated genocide (of which the Old Testament is full). Those are merely the rationalizations of a nomadic people for settling a territory. It is also all Ancient History (pun intended).

The raw fact is that the territory was populated before, during, and after the Biblical period, by PEOPLE (the basic building block of a nation).

On Blair, I actually think that he should travel INCOGNITO throughout the West Bank (and Gaza will not hurt either). There is nothing like that to give someone an appreciation for the consequences of a foreign occupation. If he gets injured, well that is also one of the consequences. Once he has done that, then I think he should gather ALL the negotiators in the West Bank (or Gaza) to 'discuss' the issue.

By the way, I find the very terms Hamastan and Fatahstan to be offensive, because they seek to dismiss an entire people. They still exist, even though we insist on channeling them through our prejudices and resentments that they still have not submitted.

All chroinc problems in the Middle East being in Lebanon, Afganistan, Iraq or Palestine are generated by one malicious power house named Israel. The unlimited support of the US to Israel from 1948 till now ,and the illegal creation of Israel on the ruins of Palestine, has led to unmatched state of disappointment and despair in the Middle East, which in turn has led to the creation of terrorist groups who are ready to sacrifice their own bodies in a holy war agianst Israel and US interests, not only in the Middle East but all over the world.
What do we expect from a palestinian refugee who has been deprived of all his belongings and thrown out of his country to live in a refugee camp for more than 60 years now.
The war in Iraq is nothing but an Israeli war unfortunately fought with US blood and US taxpayer's money.It is time for the US admin to wake up to the real cause of all problems in the area and to change its foreign policy categorically.

AMviennaVA - it is important that no map of a state called Palestine exists insofar as someone like "Mass" claims that there exist "loads of documents on the state of Palestine before 1948", or that a "legitimate state of Palestine" that never existed was erased from the maps or that you imagine that "Palestine" equals "Philistine" hence "Palestinians" have a 2500 year old claim to Israel (but Jews do not ...). All these invented "facts" are used to try to make a case for destroying Israel.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but no-one is entitled to invent "facts". If this blog full of hatred and slurs shows anything it is how ignorant most of the people commenting here are of the history and facts.

It is a fact that there never has been and is not a nation called Palestine. The whole concept of a "Palestinian people" was invented by Arafat, propped up by Arab pan-nationalists such as Nasser in the 1960's, in order to enjoy power and steal unimaginable wealth from his "people". The corruption and thefts by the leadership of the PLO are documented by the Palestinian Authority itself(was there ever such a ridiculous oxymoron? - lacking both authority and Palestine!!). Arafat's wife to this day lives in extraordinary luxury in ...Paris, not Gaza or Ramallah on the billions her husband stole. And she is not alone.

The truth is right in front of you - warring clans and numerous splinter groups in Gaza and the West Bank, with no national affiliation that endlessly conduct revenge killings and kidnappings of the Moslems themselves, foreign journalists, Christian nuns, and misguided do-gooders.

Even calling these territories Hamastan and Fatahstan, which is closer to the truth than "Palestine", papers over the fact that these territories are ruled by clans and warlords with personal, not national, agendas. No wonder that interviews reveal that many Gaza Strip locals would like Israel to reoccupy Gaza. But I think that should be done by Egypt, which would take care of the problem swiftly.

By the way, the question that was asked was not how to destroy Israel, but what Blair should do to create peace in the Middle East ... if he has to deal with people like most of those posting here, his job will be hopeless. And in response to Kuttab's suggestion, I certainly hope he goes nowhere near the checkpoints without strong Israeli protection or I wouldn't bet a dime on his safety.

Alan: You seem to think that it is important that there is no map showing 'Palestine' or such from thousands of years ago. SO WHAT!!!

Show me a map from thousands of years ago that shows UK or USA Poland or Mexico or ....

Do you get the point?

It is irrelevant.

The fact is that the people exist and they constitute the nation. Can you understand that?

Mass:

"I advise you to check with the UN or with the British government who can provide you with loads of documents on the state of Palestine before 1948."

You must be joking!

There is not a single UN/British/internationally accepted document (not something drawn up by Fatah or Hamas) that shows a state of Palestine existing any time in the last 4000 or 5000 or so years up to the founding of the State of Israel in 1948. You will find plenty showing the states and empires of Israel and Judea. Your ignorance of history ancient and modern of this region is both fascinating and appalling, and your willingness to display your ignorance is amazing, clearly driven by rabid anti-semitism.

There was never a "legitimate state of Palestine", it has never been on any map, and it has not been removed from any map. After WW I Tthe British had a mandate to control a general area they often referred to as Cis-Jordan (today's Israel and the West Bank) and TransJordan (today's Jordan) which they conquered from the Turks. They agreed with the French on how to carve up the Middle East in the Sykes-Picot agreements and set up puppet kings in Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq, countries they created with the stroke of a pen - but not in today's Israel. The Egyptians controlled the Gaza strip till 1967, and the Jordanians controlled the West Bank till 1967.

The British received their mandate as one of the spoils of war after WW I after they defeated the Ottoman Turks (not called Palestinians as in your heated imagination) first at Gaza, then Jerusalem, then Megiddo thanks to General Allenby's successful campaign from Egypt through Sinai and up into modern Israel. No-one asked the Palestinians what they thought of all this, since there were no Palestinians to ask - the people living in the area were all subjects of the Ottoman empire till about 1917, when the British took it over.

The solution today's problems is to return Gaza and most of the West Bank to Egypt and Jordan, who have the secret police and brutal methods to restore order as is done in all Arab countries. It is time to stop pretending that there was or could be a Palestinian people or state, and to take steps via compensation or other means to get Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, and Egypt to integrate the Palestinians living in "camps" (actually, squalid villages and towns, as you can easily see from the news of, e.g., the Lebanese shelling them or Hamas shooting up Fatah buildings in Gaza) into their societies.

AMviennaVA,

It is a common misconception that "Palestine" has something to to with "Philistines", and this is simply incorrect. The Romans named the general area originally Provincia Judaea, then later named Palaestina and it had little or nothing to do with the tribe of "Plishtim" who had once inhabited, roughly speaking, the shores of today's Gaza strip before they were displaced by the tribes of Israel (remember the story of Samson, for example) and possibly the Egyptians and other invaders long before the Greeks and Romans arrived there. You might as well call today's Lebanese Phoenicians.

The Moslem conquerors of the region did not find Philistines living there - they adopted the Latin name for the area, and not having the "P" sound, called it "Falastin" (Arabs speaking English will often use "b" instead of "p" as they do not have the "p" sound - e.g., they will refer to "Shakesbear", rather than "Shakespear", or "bolice" instead of "police"). Although Wikipaedia is not the most authoritative source, you'll find it has a pretty good description of the roots of the word "Palestine", and the impact of the British mandate on the region, as will a quick search on Google.

The only nation states that ever existed in the area of modern day Israel and what the British named the West Bank (of the Jordan) were Judea and Israel, the states of the tribes of Israel under King Saul and King David and his descendents, and their empire seems to have included today's Jordan and much of today's Syria. You might as well try to assign this area to the various invaders named in the Old Testament (Assyrians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Persians, Egyptians, and to Greeks, Macedonians, Romans, etc., all well chronicled in histories and archeological remains) as to people who today call themselves Palestinians.

Today's "Palestinians" call themselves that because they or their forebears lived under the British Mandate for "Palestine", a name taken in turn from the Roman name for the general area, just as the British referred to today's Iraq and southern Syria as Mesopotamia (from the Greek for "between two rivers" [Tigris and Euphrates], I believe). The Syrians still refer to the area as Southern Syria, rather than Palestine, and Kuttub himself seems to be conflicted as to whether he is a Palestinian, Jordanian, or both.

Today's "Palestinians" have no connection to the people living in the area in Roman times, who were, of course the Jews (remember Hadrian's and Titus' campaigns against the Jews, Herod, Pontius Pilate, Jesus, etc? - not a Mohammed amongst them), and the history of that period is extremely well documented in Roman, Jewish, and Christian histories. The "Philistines" were no longer living in the area by Roman times.

Just as Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria never existed till the British and French imperial powers drew lines on a map after WW I (the Sykes-Picot agreements, etc.), Palestine never existed, and, in fact, has never been in any shape or form a demarcated state or area of recognized boundaries. You might as well call the "Southwest" of the US a country, or the Highlands of Scotland a country. Under the British mandate, anyone, Jewish, Arab, or whatever, born in the mandated territory was listed as "Palestinian" on their birth certificate if they had one, and you would find, if you checked, hundreds of thousands of Jews born before May 1948 whose birth certificates list them as "Palestinians" - a term that has no national meaning whatsoever, obviously, since there was no country called Palestine in the 1940's, but the British did not want to register them as British citizens simply because they were the Mandatory authority.

As for the person signing him/herself as "Mass" your ignorance and hatred of Israel and Jews are in equal proportions. Instead of lecturing me, its time you went to the library and took out some histories of the Middle East and learned the facts.

Alan: 'Palestine' is not borrowed from anyone. It is a westernization of 'Falastin' or 'Phalastin', if you will. You know, from the Philistines who wee in the Holy Lands 3000 years, or so, ago. So, as you can see, it has existed for a long time!

All chroinc problems in the Middle East being in Lebanon, Afganistan, Iraq or Palestine are generated by one malicious power house named Israel.
Unless the USA stop their unlimited support to Israel and adopt a categorically new and fair foreign policy in the Middle East, hatered and bloodshed will unfortunately continue to persist in the area.
The only beneficiary from th war in Iraq is AIPAC and Israel.In fact, it is nothing but an Israeli war fought with US blood and US taxpayer's money.

ALAN
Palestine has been a legitimate country for more than 2000 years.Both Palestinians and a jewish miority,the Sepherdim, lived in Palestine as brothers and countrymen until the gangs of migrating jews from Russia,Poland,Germany started to arrive illegally to invade the country and change it into a pure Jewish state.
If you are ignorant of historical facts,it doesn't mean at all that facts are not there.
I advise you to check with the UN or with the British government who can provide you with loads of documents on the state of Palestine before 1948.Furhtermore,I advise you to take a course on the history of the area before you post your immature comments.

Mass - there was no state of Palestine, legitimate or not, ever. It was never removed from the world map because it never existed, nor will it.

"Palestine" was a term borrowed from the Romans(!- return the area to Italy!!)later used when describing an ill-defined area of the southern Ottoman Empire. Jews, later to become Israelis, born in the area before the State of Israel was founded, were listed as "Palestinian" on their birth certificate by the British mandate authorities as muchas Arabs born then were.

PALISRA could be the magic word for settlement.
It is a sad situation that both Israelis and Palestinians have been fighting and killing each other for more than 60 years now and unfortunately, no light could be seen at the end of this dark tunnel.
The geography and demography of the area that extends between River Jordan and the Mediterranean indicate the complexity of the current situation. Every party is trying hard to grab by mere force what is in the hand of the other. Many wars have been staged and thousands of innocent lives have been shed for this purpose.
Nowadays, almost everybody is talking about setting up two countries for both Israelis and Palestinians. This simply means that the land of historical Palestine will be divided between the two parties, Israelis and Palestinians.
I doubt very much that either party will be satisfied with his share of the cake. There are chronic problems like Jerusalem, refugees, settlements, borders, water resources that nobody on earth can sort out to the satisfaction of both parties.
The short vision of setting up two separate states could sow the seeds for more bloody conflicts in the future. Nobody can guarantee or secure permanent and lasting peace under this proposition.
A far better viable solution that should satisfy both parties and put an end to all complicated issues is available. It is the establishment of one secular country for all on the whole territory of historical Palestine that includes the West Bank and Gaza besides Israel. Jerusalem will remain united for both parties, settlements could remain where they are now provided an appropriate compensation is made to the original land owners, natural geographical borders are already in place for the whole country and the issue of refugees could be settled by allowing all refugees to return home and to be compensated for the 60 years of misery they had to spend at refugee camps. All citizens of the new state, PALISRA (Palestine +Israel), would enjoy equal rights and bear the same responsibilities.
The newly established state, PALISRA will emerge as a prosperous and safe country within a very short period of time, and citizens of this state will learn how to respect and even cherish each other. PALIRA will become a key player and an integral part of the Middle East as yesterday's enemies will become today's friends and allies for ever.

The whole world will never see peace as long as the crime of the 20th century is not handled adequately.The legitimate state of Palestine was removed from the world map to be replaced by the illegitimate state of Israel with new immigrants from all over the world.Palestinians,being moslems or christians,were kicked out into refugee camps to be replaced by jews from Europe,Russia,Ethiopia etc.
Repercussions of this heinous crime are behind all turmoil and bloodshed in the Middle East including Iraq,Lebanon,Palestinian occupied territories,Syria,Iran etc.
The unlimited support of US to Israel is encouraging the latter to reject all UN resolutions on the Palestinian Issue including Resolution 194 which calls for the return of all Palestinian refugees home.It is time for the US admin to wake up to the real cause of all problems in the area and to change its foreign policy categorically.

To the idiot who keeps referring to the 'Pals': What the heck are you talking about? Or are you simply too lazy to type Palestinians (in which case use copy-paste, dummy).

Well said and to the point.
Those armchair distant commentators above, like Frank Collins, probably have no passports and have no clue about the reality on the ground, every day, for 4 generations now!

Reality must match visions, plans, doctrines. Otherwise, we will have a lose-lose situation.

The only reason that Blair could visit the checkpoints, if he so wished, is that he would be protected by ... Israeli soldiers keeping suicidal Moslem fanatics from blowing him up. The checkpoints are there to keep the mad dogs at bay so that Israelis can live what passes there for normal life - occasional rockets into one's house or school, suicide bombers in the cafes, pubs, and restaurants, etc.

Wake up and smell the coffee - the Moslem world is at war with the West and Israel is at the front door trying to keep these people at bay.

And Mr. Kuttub is a Jordanian - there never has been, isn't, and never will be a Palestinianstate, and the two failed mini-states of Hamastan and Fatahstan show this. The world should act boldly, return Gaza to Egypt and the bulk of the West Bank not settled in major cities by Israel to Jordan, and these countries have the secret police and brutality to do what Israel has never been willing to do. Within 6 months, there would be peace in the former occupied territories.

How can we continue to look upon Israel as the poor underdog? The fact is that since 1967, if not before, Israel has been in the driver's seat. If they want peace, they should give true concessions to the Palestinians. If not, they can expect continued war. Set aside your political baggage, Mr. Blair, and try to look at this objectively.

How can we continue to look upon Israel as the poor underdog? The fact is that since 1967, if not before, Israel has been in the driver's seat. If they want peace, they should give true concessions to the Palestinians. If not, they can expect continued war. Set aside your political baggage, Mr. Blair, and try to look at this objectively.

Kuttab is dishonest. He should be railing against 'Hamas' and fanatical cruelty even in regard to their own people. He should be pointing out what has happened to Christians under Palestinian Arab control. He should point out the kind of 'rule by violence' which prevails wherever Palestinian Arabs have the 'power'.
P.S. All that the long list of U.N. resolutions against Israel shows is how biased and remote from being objective observers of reality the U.N. is.
In the U.N. upside- down world it is democratic Israel which is always singled out for attack, while the various non- democratic Arab regimes, the various terror - groups of the Arab world are never reprimanded.

Kuttab is dishonest. He should be railing against 'Hamas' and fanatical cruelty even in regard to their own people. He should be pointing out what has happened to Christians under Palestinian Arab control. He should point out the kind of 'rule by violence' which prevails wherever Palestinian Arabs have the 'power'.
P.S. All that the long list of U.N. resolutions against Israel shows is how biased and remote from being objective observers of reality the U.N. is.
In the U.N. upside- down world it is democratic Israel which is always singled out for attack, while the various non- democratic Arab regimes, the various terror - groups of the Arab world are never reprimanded.

Kuttab makes a great suggestion. Any humanist who has witnessed the suffering of the Palestinian people can't help but be moved. I too would like to see Mr Carter become part of the process. He has been the very model of an ex-president and would add balance and weight to Tony Blair's charge.

Sad to see anti-Semitism so alive and well. Yes, the U.N. has continually criticized the Jewish state - to the point that the U.N. itself disbanded its former Commission on Human Rights because even the Jew-hating U.N. was embarrassed by the lack of fairness or balance. The fact that the U.N. mirrors the world's racism hardly means that Israel is the pariah state its haters try to paint it as. Blair won't be effective because the hard-core Islamists want Israel destroyed and its Jewish citizens dead - and they're willing to wait until they get their chance.

It would be nice if Mr. Blair would meet, early-on, with former President Jimmy Carter; better yet, have Mr.Carter join his staff as an aide-de-camp.
Fat chance!!!!

BLAIR WOULD SEEM ONE OF THE MOST UNLIKELIEST OF PERSONS TO MAKE FOR A POSITIVE CHANGE IN THE DYNAMICS OF THE REGION. WERE HE TO EXPERIENCE A CONVERSION SIMILAR TO THE THE BIBICAL SAUL/PAUL OR THOMAS BECKETT THEN. SO THIS IS OFFERED AS AN AFTER CONVERSION PLAN. WITHOUT CONVERSION HE'S INCAPABLE OF MAKING ANY MEANINGFUL IMPACT.

WALK A MILE IN THE SHOES OF EACH OF THE PARTICIPANTS - THE ISREALIES AND THE PALESTINIANS. THIS EXPERIENCE SHOULD ALLOW HIM TO DEVELOP EMPHATHY AND THEN UNDERSTADING. NEXT WORKING WITH THE INTRACTABLE AMERICANS WILL REQUIRE HIM TO BITE THE HANDS THAT FED HIM THESE SO MANY YEARS. THIS STEP IS A FURTHER TEST OF HIS CONVERSION.

FRANKLY, HE WILL NOT GET THROUGH THE FIRST CONVERSION.

ALL THE BEST BLAIR!

Very well put. It would be even better if he could live the life of an everyday Palestinian for a few weeks.

A list of UN Resolutions against "Palestine"

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A list of UN Resolutions against "Israel"

Here is a list of UN resolutions that Israel has not complied. As far as I know they have ignored every single resolution. But the situation is far worse than would at first appear, it involves the serious distortion of the official Security Council record by the profligate use by the United States of its veto power. (See Table). Israel’s defiance goes back to its very beginnings. This collection of resolutions criticizing Israel is unmatched by the record of any other nation.

A list of UN Resolutions against "Israel"
1955-1992:
* Resolution 106: " . . . 'condemns' Israel for Gaza raid".
* Resolution 111: " . . . 'condemns' Israel for raid on Syria that killed fifty-six people".
* Resolution 127: " . . . 'recommends' Israel suspends it's 'no-man's zone' in Jerusalem".
* Resolution 162: " . . . 'urges' Israel to comply with UN decisions".
* Resolution 171: " . . . determines flagrant violations' by Israel in its attack on Syria".
* Resolution 228: " . . . 'censures' Israel for its attack on Samu in the West Bank, then under Jordanian control".
* Resolution 237: " . . . 'urges' Israel to allow return of new 1967 Palestinian refugees".
* Resolution 248: " . . . 'condemns' Israel for its massive attack on Karameh in Jordan".
* 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 252: " . . . 'declares invalid' Israel's acts to unify Jerusalem as Jewish capital".
* Resolution 256: " . . . 'condemns' Israeli raids on Jordan as 'flagrant violation".
* Resolution 259: " . . . 'deplores' Israel's refusal to accept UN mission to probe occupation".
* Resolution 262: " . . . 'condemns' Israel for attack on Beirut airport".
* Resolution 265: " . . . 'condemns' Israel for air attacks for Salt in Jordan".
* Resolution 267: " . . . 'censures' Israel for administrative acts to change the status of Jerusalem".
* Resolution 270: " . . . 'condemns' Israel for air attacks on villages in southern Lebanon".
* Resolution 271: " . . . 'condemns' Israel's failure to obey UN resolutions on Jerusalem".
* Resolution 279: " . . . 'demands' withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon".
* Resolution 280: " . . . 'condemns' Israeli's attacks against Lebanon".
* Resolution 285: " . . . 'demands' immediate Israeli withdrawal form Lebanon".
* Resolution 298: " . . . 'deplores' Israel's changing of the status of Jerusalem".
* Resolution 313: " . . . 'demands' that Israel stop attacks against Lebanon".
* Resolution 316: " . . . 'condemns' Israel for repeated attacks on Lebanon".
* Resolution 317: " . . . 'deplores' Israel's refusal to release Arabs abducted in Lebanon".
* Resolution 332: " . . . 'condemns' Israel's repeated attacks against Lebanon".
* Resolution 337: " . . . 'condemns' Israel for violating Lebanon's sovereignty".
* Resolution 347: " . . . 'condemns' Israeli attacks on Lebanon".
* Resolution 425: " . . . 'calls' on Israel to withdraw its forces from Lebanon".
* Resolution 427: " . . . 'calls' on Israel to complete its withdrawal from Lebanon.
* Resolution 444: " . . . 'deplores' Israel's lack of cooperation with UN peacekeeping forces".
* Resolution 446: " . . . 'determines' that Israeli settlements are a 'serious obstruction' to peace and calls on Israel to abide by the Fourth Geneva Convention".
* Resolution 450: " . . . 'calls' on Israel to stop attacking Lebanon".
* Resolution 452: " . . . 'calls' on Israel to cease building settlements in occupied territories".
* Resolution 465: " . . . 'deplores' Israel's settlements and asks all member states not to assist Israel's settlements program".
* Resolution 467: " . . . 'strongly deplores' Israel's military intervention in Lebanon".
* Resolution 468: " . . . 'calls' on Israel to rescind illegal expulsions of two Palestinian mayors and a judge and to facilitate their return".
* Resolution 469: " . . . 'strongly deplores' Israel's failure to observe the council's order not to deport Palestinians".
* Resolution 471: " . . . 'expresses deep concern' at Israel's failure to abide by the Fourth Geneva Convention".
* Resolution 476: " . . . 'reiterates' that Israel's claim to Jerusalem are 'null and void'".
* Resolution 478: " . . . 'censures (Israel) in the strongest terms' for its claim to Jerusalem in its 'Basic Law'".
* Resolution 484: " . . . 'declares it imperative' that Israel re-admit two deported Palestinian mayors".
* Resolution 487: " . . . 'strongly condemns' Israel for its attack on Iraq's nuclear facility".
* Resolution 497: " . . . 'decides' that Israel's annexation of Syria's Golan Heights is 'null and void' and demands that Israel rescinds its decision forthwith".
* Resolution 498: " . . . 'calls' on Israel to withdraw from Lebanon".
* Resolution 501: " . . . 'calls' on Israel to stop attacks against Lebanon and withdraw its troops".
* Resolution 509: " . . . 'demands' that Israel withdraw its forces forthwith and unconditionally from Lebanon".
* Resolution 515: " . . . 'demands' that Israel lift its siege of Beirut and allow food supplies to be brought in".
* Resolution 517: " . . . 'censures' Israel for failing to obey UN resolutions and demands that Israel withdraw its forces from Lebanon".
* Resolution 518: " . . . 'demands' that Israel cooperate fully with UN forces in Lebanon".
* Resolution 520: " . . . 'condemns' Israel's attack into West Beirut".
* Resolution 573: " . . . 'condemns' Israel 'vigorously' for bombing Tunisia in attack on PLO headquarters.
* Resolution 587: " . . . 'takes note' of previous calls on Israel to withdraw its forces from Lebanon and urges all parties to withdraw".
* Resolution 592: " . . . 'strongly deplores' the killing of Palestinian students at Bir Zeit University by Israeli troops".
* Resolution 605: " . . . 'strongly deplores' Israel's policies and practices denying the human rights of Palestinians.
* Resolution 607: " . . . 'calls' on Israel not to deport Palestinians and strongly requests it to abide by the Fourth Geneva Convention.
* Resolution 608: " . . . 'deeply regrets' that Israel has defied the United Nations and deported Palestinian civilians".
* Resolution 636: " . . . 'deeply regrets' Israeli deportation of Palestinian civilians.
* Resolution 641: " . . . 'deplores' Israel's continuing deportation of Palestinians.
* Resolution 672: " . . . 'condemns' Israel for violence against Palestinians at the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount.
* Resolution 673: " . . . 'deplores' Israel's refusal to cooperate with the United Nations.
* Resolution 681: " . . . 'deplores' Israel's resumption of the deportation of Palestinians.
* Resolution 694: " . . . 'deplores' Israel's deportation of Palestinians and calls on it to ensure their safe and immediate return.
* Resolution 726: " . . . 'strongly condemns' Israel's deportation of Palestinians.
* Resolution 799: ". . . 'strongly condemns' Israel's deportation of 413 Palestinians and calls for there immediate return.

1993 to 1995
UNGA Res 50/21 - The Middle East Peace Process (Dec 12, 1995)
UNGA Res 50/22 - The Situation in the Middle East (Dec 12, 1995)
UNGA Res 49/35 - Assistance to Palestinian Refugees (Jan 30 1995) l
UNGA Res 49/36 - Human Rights of Palestinian Refugees (Jan 30 1995)
UNGA Res 49/62 - Question of Palestine (Feb 3 1995)
UNGA Res 49/78 - Nuclear Proliferation in Mideast (Jan 11 1995)
UNGA Res 49/87 - Situation in the Middle East (Feb 7 1995)
UNGA Res 49/88 - The Middle East Peace Process (Feb 7 1995)
UNGA Res 49/149- Palestinian Right- Self-Determination (Feb 7 1995)
UNGA Res 48/213 - Assistance to Palestinian Refugees (Mar 15, 1994)
UNGA Res 48/40 - UNRWA for Palestinian Refugees (Dec 13, 1993)
UNGA Res 48/41 - Human Rights in the Territories (Dec 10 1993)
UNGA Res 48/58 - The Middle East Peace Process (Dec 14 1993)
UNGA Res 48/59 - The Situation in the Middle East (Dec 14 1993)
UNGA Res 48/71 - Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Mideast (Dec 16 1993)
UNGA Res 48/78 - Israeli Nuclear Armanent (Dec 16 1993)
UNGA Res 48/94 - Self-Determination & Independence (Dec 20 1993)
UNGA Res 48/124- Non-interference in Elections (Dec 20 1993)
UNGA Res 48/158- Question of Palestine (Dec 20 1993)
UNGA Res 48/212- Repercussions of Israeli Settlements (Dec 21 1993)
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U.S. Vetoes of UN Resolutions Critical of Israel
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CONSIDERING WHERE HE WAS BORN AND WHEN THEY SHOULD MAKE HIM SAY ISRAELI.

Why does the Post allow Kuttab to list his location as "Palestine/Jordan"??

In the first place, there's no such country as "Palestine." Maybe there will be in the future, but there isn't right now.

Pick one, Kuttab.

how did the islamics get into israel. i know they say it is their land and they want it back, but is it? and other than israel, which country in the middle east gives the pals the right to vote and participate in their government - ISRAEL ONLY.
here is part of what i posted before:
The first Crusade began in 1095… 460 years after the first Christian city was overrun by Muslim armies, 457 years after Jerusalem was conquered by Muslim armies.

notice that part about taking jerusalem being TAKEN.

will its about time you gave it back!

Daoud Kuttab

A very honest post. Thank God for some straight talk.