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As Syria sets out the terms of its staged withdrawl from Lebanon, the US has demanded more haste, calling for the "complete and immediate withdrawal of all military and intelligence forces from Lebanon".
White House spokesman Scott McClellan called the Syrian proposal "a half-measure that does not go far enough. UN Security Council Resolution 1559 was very clear - all foreign forces need to leave Lebanon" [immediately]. France, Germany and Israel have also called on Syria to withdraw troops without delay.
Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz has claimed that Syria will be forced to withdraw troops in the next couple of months, saying "Bashar Assad will not be able to duck out of pulling the Syrian forces out of Lebanon" prior to elections due there in May.
"It will allow the citizens of Lebanon to choose a government which is not a Syrian puppet government, rather a sovereign Lebanese government, which can confer its sovereignty on all of Lebanon, including the south, where Hezbollah rules today."
Meanwhile, just next door at the other occupation in the Palestinian territories, there's no such international clamour for hasty withdrawl of the Israeli Defence Force. Despite this:
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 their immediate return.
text of 4th Geneva convention:
http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/0/6756482d86146898c125641e004aa3c5?OpenDocument
Israeli occupation background:
http://www.palestine-un.org/info/occ.html
Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz has claimed that Syria will be forced to withdraw troops in the next couple of months, saying "Bashar Assad will not be able to duck out of pulling the Syrian forces out of Lebanon" prior to elections due there in May.
"It will allow the citizens of Lebanon to choose a government which is not a Syrian puppet government, rather a sovereign Lebanese government, which can confer its sovereignty on all of Lebanon, including the south, where Hezbollah rules today."
Meanwhile, just next door at the other occupation in the Palestinian territories, there's no such international clamour for hasty withdrawl of the Israeli Defence Force. Despite this:
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 their immediate return.
text of 4th Geneva convention:
http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/0/6756482d86146898c125641e004aa3c5?OpenDocument Israeli occupation background:
http://www.palestine-un.org/info/occ.html
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