A New Resolution To Disarm Hezbollah?
So reports the Jerusalem Post:
The United States is planning to introduce a new UN resolution on disarming Hizbullah in southern Lebanon but US Ambassador John Bolton said Monday this should not hold up the quick deployment of UN peacekeepers.
A new Security Council resolution could help break the impasse over getting an expanded UN force on the ground quickly. Countries that are potential troop contributors have expressed concern about the rules of engagement – and exactly what troops would be required to do, especially regarding the disarming of Hizbullah.
“I think the initial force can be deployed now,” Bolton told reporters. “We want the disarming of Hizbullah to be accomplished rapidly so that the democratically elected government of Lebanon can establish full control over its territory.”
It’s a shame that yet ANOTHER resolution has to be debated to enforce two prior resolutions that both explicitly called for the disarming of Hezbollah, but I’ll give Bolton and the U.S. credit for (belatedly) trying to make the best of a bad situation. But my question is this: can such a resolution pass?
I give it less than even odds…
What is a resolution worth, if you lack the will and the power to enforce it.
The UN is now completely bereft in both areas.
UN resolutionS againt Israel… No comparison
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 their immediate return.
A more straightforward account of the UN’s hostility towards Israel would be hard to imagine.
Why’d you put so many old resolutions up here, though? Which UN resolutions is Israel CURRENTLY not in compliance with?
And do two wrongs make a right?…
Finally, did the UN call for the disarmament of Hezbollah or not? I’m not talking about Israel, I’m asking a straightforward question.
One more thing – what was your source? I don’t take it for granted that things say what they are asserted to say without a link…
Mark… can’t use the UN to support your argument when it suites you and then turn around an accuse of biase when it does not. Make up your mind my friend.
You can check them yourself at the UN site… http://www.un.org
I’ll cut it down to the following…
Palestinian Refugees have the right to return to their homes in Israel.
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General Assembly Resolution 194, Dec. 11, 1948
“Resolves that the refugees wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with their neighbors should be permitted to do so at the earliest practicable date, and that compensation should be paid for the property of those choosing not to return and for loss of or damage to property which, under principles of international law or in equity, should be made good by the Governments or authorities responsible.”
Israel’s occupation of Palestine is Illegal.
Security Council Resolution 242, Nov. 22, 1967
Calls for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from territories occupied in the war that year and “the acknowledgment of the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of every state in the area and their right to live in peace within secure and recognized boundaries free from threats or acts of force.”
Israel’s settlements in Palestine are Illegal.
Security Council Resolution 446, March 22, 1979
“Determines that the policy and practices of Israel in establishing settlements in the Palestinian and other Arab territories occupied since 1967 have no legal validity and constitute a serious obstruction to achieving a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East.”
Palestinian have the right to Self-Determination.
General Assembly Resolution 3236, November 22, 1974
Affirms “the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people in Palestine…to self-determination without external interference” and “to national independence and sovereignty.”
Reaffirmation of a Palestinian State
Security Council Resolution 1397, March 12, 2002
Affirms “a vision of a region where two states, Israel and Palestine, live side by side within secure and recognized borders.”
Same goes for you – if the UN was right when it condemned Israel, it’s right when it asks for Hamas to disarm – and I still don’t see any current resolutions Israel is asserted to be in violation of…
Actually, that’s not even true – the UN, like any organization, can be right and wrong. The question is, is it right for Hezbollah to remain a state within a state? The answer seems pretty clear to me…
One last comment – I’ll grant you, I’m being a little flip intentionally. I realize you can say I’m trying to have my cake and eat it, too, and I also realize the the ‘right of return’ is included in your examples, and of course, Israel famously will not agree to that.
The point is that we are once again in the area of moral equivalence, and my question is a simple one: do you believe Hezbollah has a right to make a mockery of Lebanese sovereignty by maintaining their own army and carrying out their own foreign policy?
Hasan said
Palestinian Refugees have the right to return to their homes in Israel.
And do the roughly equal number of Jews who fled their homes in Arab countries in 1948 with little more than the clothes on their backs also have the right of return? And the right to claim ownership of any property they might have had to leave behind?
Just asking.
Yes, and Hasan should also answer the question regarding whether the relatives of those Jewish victims who lost their lives, businesses and savings are entitled to recompense. This would mean billions of dollars – how about it, Hasan?
Ready to dig deep, my friend?
The Right of Return is a fatuous piece of political theatre, and was never a serious proposal, nor was it intended as such – just another cudgel to bash Israel for failures that the Palestinians can’t own up to on their own. No, it’s always someone else’s fault in the Palestinian’s minds for their failures, never their own. The infantilization of the country is now complete.
Hasan, don’t forget the ‘rest of the story’;
… and live at peace with their neighbors should be permitted to do so at the earliest practicable date,…
I’m having a hard time recalling anyone from the PLO, PLA, Hamas, Fatah or what have you ever proclaiming to be ready to live at peace w/ their neighbor.
On the other hand, I seem to recall something about 1/6 of the Israelies as being ethnically Arabic & all the citizenship rights that go hand in hand with it. What’s up with dat? Or are they just Jooo-loving dogs in your eyes?
Also, whatever happened to the peace loving, moderate Palistinians of old? The ones we used to read about before the UN handed control to Arafat? Seems to me I recall that they got run out of politics, if not killed & dumped into the sea. hmm?
Yeah we can play this game all day long till kingdom comes.