Comments on: Can the UN be Trusted to do Anything in Lebanon? http://aliyahblog.com/2006/07/27/can-the-un-be-trusted-to-do-anything-in-lebanon/ Moving UP in the World Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:43:30 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: MassachusettsLiberal http://aliyahblog.com/2006/07/27/can-the-un-be-trusted-to-do-anything-in-lebanon/comment-page-1/#comment-2695 MassachusettsLiberal Thu, 10 Aug 2006 14:59:17 +0000 http://www.aliyahblog.com/2006/07/27/can-the-un-be-trusted-to-do-anything-in-lebanon/#comment-2695 Yes, if only Israel would withdraw, withdraw, withdraw, then all the region's problems would go away! John -- don't be naive. If you're so enamored of UN resolutions, then recognize that the Jewish Agency accepted the 1947 UN Partition Plan -- a <em>very</em> modest accomdation to the Jews considering centuries of stateless persecution -- while Arab leaders rejected it. The subsequent wars which preceded UN Resolutions 194 and 242 were <em>instigated by the Arabs in order to destroy Israel</em> and both times <em>the Arabs lost</em>. Isn't it a little absurd for you to insist that these <em>aggressors be rewarded</em> for their rejectionism and belligerency? Face it. It's time the Arab world accepted responsibility for their own actions -- <em>and for resettling their own refugees</em>, like Israel has -- and stopped blaming others. Yes, if only Israel would withdraw, withdraw, withdraw, then all the region’s problems would go away!

John — don’t be naive. If you’re so enamored of UN resolutions, then recognize that the Jewish Agency accepted the 1947 UN Partition Plan — a very modest accomdation to the Jews considering centuries of stateless persecution — while Arab leaders rejected it. The subsequent wars which preceded UN Resolutions 194 and 242 were instigated by the Arabs in order to destroy Israel and both times the Arabs lost. Isn’t it a little absurd for you to insist that these aggressors be rewarded for their rejectionism and belligerency?

Face it. It’s time the Arab world accepted responsibility for their own actions — and for resettling their own refugees, like Israel has — and stopped blaming others.

]]> By: John Brown http://aliyahblog.com/2006/07/27/can-the-un-be-trusted-to-do-anything-in-lebanon/comment-page-1/#comment-2550 John Brown Wed, 02 Aug 2006 02:50:02 +0000 http://www.aliyahblog.com/2006/07/27/can-the-un-be-trusted-to-do-anything-in-lebanon/#comment-2550 How about Israel complies with UN General Assembly Resolutions <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN_General_Assembly_Resolution_194" rel="nofollow">194</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN_Security_Council_Resolution_242" rel="nofollow">242</a> and then once that happens we can worry about 1559. How about Israel complies with UN General Assembly Resolutions 194 and 242 and then once that happens we can worry about 1559.

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