UN Demands Israeli Pullout 'Without Delay'

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UNITED NATIONS ?? The U.N. Security Council on Thursday unanimously endorsed the Mideast mission of Secretary of State Colin Powell and demanded an Israeli withdrawal from Palestinian cities "without delay."

Diplomats said the council resolution would add weight to President Bush's effort to end the Mideast crisis. Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged the international community to persuade Israel and the Palestinians to draw back from violence which is threatening the region.

Bush announced Thursday he was sending Powell to the Mideast next week. He urged Israel to halt its military incursions and start pulling its troops and tanks out of West Bank cities it entered in the past week in a search for Palestinian extremists.

The intesified U.S. mediation effort was announced while Security Council members were discussing an Arab-backed resolution demanding an immediate Israeli withdrawal from Palestinian cities, including Ramallah where Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is surrounded by Israeli tanks.

Frustrated over Israel's disregard of a council demand on Saturday to pull back its forces, Palestinian supporters demanded a new resolution including the word immediate ? which wasn't in Saturday's call for Israel's military withdrawal.

The United States objected to the word "immediate" because it has been pressing for a cease-fire to come ahead of an Israeli troop withdrawal, a position supported by Israel.

After Bush announced his new initiative, U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte proposed new language for the Arab-backed draft resolution demanding that Israel pull out its tanks and troops "without delay" and welcoming Powell's Mideast mission. Arab and non-aligned nations agreed to those words.

The resolution calls on "both parties to move immediately to a meaningful cease-fire; calls for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Palestinian cities, including Ramallah; and calls upon the parties to cooperate fully with (U.S.) Special Envoy (Anthony) Zinni" to work to get a cease-fire and start negotiations for a political settlement.

It also expressed "grave concern" over the recent Palestinian suicide bombings in Israel and the attack on Arafat's headquarters in Ramallah.

The resolution adopted Thursday night demands the implementation of Saturday's resolution "without delay."

 

[Lucky]

Before the comments come in, make sure you know the US is part of the UN security council and this was a UNANIMOUS resolution.

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

If I were Israel, I'd try my best to be diplomatic.

I would cordially invite the United Nations to engage in sexual intercourse with itself.

 

[Pocatello]

How about the UN demanding Iraq and Iran to stop giving thousands of dollars for every suicide bomber?

 

[Turkey]

Well, that just changes everything!

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

What about Israel's right to assert its sovereignty? Seems like the Palestinians are within Israel's borders.

 

[Russ]

DevilsAdvocate,

For diplomacy's sake, I believe that should be phrased "proceed to receive coitus."

Russ, NCNE

 

[eshtog]

UN needs to go blow its self!

wtf? wouldent you be pissed off if people for example from canada started blowing themselfs
up in new york?

 

[Tripleshot]

UN can demand in one hand and Sh!t in the other,and see which fills up faster.:disgust:

 

[db]

When someone "pulls out", doesn't the usually signify that they just, uh, "did" something to somebody?

 

[Tiger]

<< How about the UN demanding Iraq and Iran to stop giving thousands of dollars for every suicide bomber? >>



Good point. Where is Kofi's indignation when it comes to the trouble makers in the region?
The silence has been deafening.

 

[SuperTool]

What's Israel's policy, I just don't get it.
I am not sure if there is going to be peace if Israel withdraws from the occupied territories, but I am very sure that there won't be peace if they don't withdraw. You can't expect Palestinians to live in ghettos as Israelis take more and more of their land, and not respond. I think we, the US should withdraw our support for Israel. We are paying for their army, both monetarily and with our reputation. If they want to keep doing what they are doing, I don't think the US should have any hand in it. Otherwise we'll see no end of trouble from that region.

 

[ThePresence]

Typical UN resolution:

Suicide bomb

UN: Arafat must do more to stop terror. Israel, get the hell out. How dare you try to defend yourself.

Suicide bomb

UN: Arafat must do more to stop terror. Israel, WTF do you think you're doing?! A Palestinian terrorist actually DIED! And he was even bleeding! He also got the pavement dirty, so Israel MUST clean up the pavement because a terrorist suicide bomber might actually slip and scratch himself on his way to blow himself up in a packed resturant or hotel lobby.

Suicide Bomb

UN: Arafat must do more to stop terror. Israel gets condemmned by the security council.

Etc, etc, etc....

 

[Tiger]

Should we really expect Israel to sit around while their population is blown up 10-25 at a time.
Remember, this latest rash of bombings had nothing to do with anything. Israel had relaxed it's security and had actually believed Arafat one more time when he said he could stop the violence.

Would anybody expect any country to do less than what Israel is doing?

Oh, and I'm really getting sick and tired of hearing how much the US gives Israel.
How much are the Arab countries giving the Palestinians every year?

 

[IGBT]

The UN is a sham organization operated by a bunch of liberal lunatics promoting the faild "new world order" dogma. No body else in the world pays any attention to those clowns..why should Israel?

 

[Miramonti]

<< What's Israel's policy, I just don't get it.
I am not sure if there is going to be peace if Israel withdraws from the occupied territories, but I am very sure that there won't be peace if they don't withdraw. You can't expect Palestinians to live in ghettos as Israelis take more and more of their land, and not respond. I think we, the US should withdraw our support for Israel. We are paying for their army, both monetarily and with our reputation. If they want to keep doing what they are doing, I don't think the US should have any hand in it. Otherwise we'll see no end of trouble from that region. >>



Ditto.

 

[Martin]

<< Would anybody expect any country to do less than what Israel is doing? >>




You know, that's quite funny considering that the US led NATO war in Kosovo tried to stop milosevic from doing the very same thing that Israel is doing now.

 

[Zebo]

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<< Would anybody expect any country to do less than what Israel is doing? >>




You know, that's quite funny considering that the US led NATO war in Kosovo tried to stop milosevic from doing the very same thing that Israel is doing now. >>



Never thought of it that way...Hmm seems Milosovik was'nt such a bad guy after all? I mean they were muslim extremists drug dealers he was tying to shut down.

 

[PlatinumGold]

You have to admit, UN is quite hypocritical. why aren't they that harsh w/ the Chinese, when everyone knows China is guilty of all kinds of human rights infringements. does anyone really think that tianemen square type incidents are rare in china?

 

[PlatinumGold]

oh ya, that's right, china is a security council member so you can't reprimand them, DOH.

might makes right i guess.

 

[Tiger]

<< You know, that's quite funny considering that the US led NATO war in Kosovo tried to stop milosevic from doing the very same thing that Israel is doing now. >>



Big difference.
Milosivic wasn't interested in peace AT ALL. He was practicing the worst kind of "ethinic cleansing". The Kosovar weren't out blowing up 15-20 Serbs a day either.

Israel has sat down with the palestinians on countless occasions to negotiate countless "peace treaties" only to have some extremist palestinian group throw it up in their face and start killing women and children again. The plain and simple fact is that there isn't any true leadership among the palestinians. I suspect that if they didn't have Israel to attack they'd start killing each other for not being the right kind of Muslim.

 

[ThePresence]

<< Before the comments come in, make sure you know the US is part of the UN security council and this was a UNANIMOUS resolution. >>



I'll also keep in mind that Syria (on the states that support terror list) is also a voting member of the Security Council.

 

[PistachioByAzul]

Why can't they just pull out? You say it won't solve anything, maybe that's true, but it's the first step. If they shouldn't be there in the first place then no matter what has transpired in the interim they still shouldn't be there now.

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

<< I suspect that if they didn't have Israel to attack they'd start killing each other for not being the right kind of Muslim. >>


This goes for a lot more than just the Palestinians. The whole Middle East would be self-destructing if they didn't have their hatred of the US/Isreal to unite them.

 

[Martin]

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<< You know, that's quite funny considering that the US led NATO war in Kosovo tried to stop milosevic from doing the very same thing that Israel is doing now. >>



Big difference.
Milosivic wasn't interested in peace AT ALL. He was practicing the worst kind of "ethinic cleansing". The Kosovar weren't out blowing up 15-20 Serbs a day either.

Israel has sat down with the palestinians on countless occasions to negotiate countless "peace treaties" only to have some extremist palestinian group throw it up in their face and start killing women and children again. The plain and simple fact is that there isn't any true leadership among the palestinians. I suspect that if they didn't have Israel to attack they'd start killing each other for not being the right kind of Muslim. >>



Hahahah. And you think Sharon wants peace?

Some other important notes:
1. KLA were labeled as terrorists by the US in 1998
2. Yes, the KLA WAS harrasing Serbs.
3. The ethnic cleansing escalated only after the bombing began.