zionism_unsettled_scan

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In pnnClple the U"'t""
N'M"' wa, Nat>­
I"h.d to pro;'ldo,
d,plonlatl( ,It""""'e
to 1'>olen," tn tho
relOk,tlon of confl"t'
In practICe, the U"lted
Na~on' oas yielded httle
diplomat" benef,t for the
Pai"',nran poop:.
~,"el ha; ,b,d.d by UN
pre>aipt"'o, 0111, whon
useful to ""h"''''''9 II,
mlllt,,!,, t'lliton.,l, .nd
dem"llraphrc go." f.fo",
frequentl,. how."r. Isr'el
ho< "ol'led UN ,utho"1)'
Apart from al'll\lthy I,'t of
resolulOOns cond.mn'"g Is­
,".1, n,rI,lary Uanlg",,,on,
and "olal'''''' of human
nghl', ,,, .. 1 ha"uff.",d
no pUOlt"~ ",nClIOo, for
It, ""lu. behal'IOI'"
l'onICally, the Unll,",,,,1
Dod ... t,on of Human
R'ghts was ,dopled by Ihe
nel"ly created Ulj '" 1948
0< a ,"spo"se to tho N."
Holocaust Now, I,,,el ond
the US '"' Ih~ main ob­
'''1(1" to Implemen~n9It'
mandale f(ll Pal.,t,n,,"s
PARTITlorl
Pal.",o'", reietll!d the
nghl of ill. Un,led Na~o",
to Impose a poolut>o" l5l and Gen",.1
A'wmbl)' re"'lu~ons 115J ,od 2254. oot., th't -"n,.
the adopoon of lile ,oo.e-monllon.d reso!uoon, I" ...
has la,," further measures tMd'ng to change Ihe mM
of tho ('ly of J€lu",'eln, " ... ffrrm5 -the "tabli>hed prJOopl.
thai acqu",t,,,,, of territory by mlln,,'Y conqu"t is
Inadmmble, " "ldlepIO!., ,h. f.,lure of l>rael to .row.fIlI
regard fO! tho ,,,,"lul,on,, " , {