While Bush ibn Bush uses the fact that Saddam Hussein has not complied
with UN resolutions as an excuse to launch his ``pre-emptive" war, here
is a list of dozens of UN resolutions that Israel has not complied
with.

UN Resolutions Against Israel, 1955-1992

1. Resolution 106: "... 'condemns' Israel for Gaza raid"

2. Resolution 111: "...'condemns' Israel for raid on Syria that killed
fifty-six people"

3. Resolution 127: "...'recommends' Israel suspend its 'no-man's zone'
in Jerusalem"

4. Resolution 162: "...'urges' Israel to comply with UN decisions"

5. Resolution 171: "...determines flagrant violations' by Israel in its
attack on Syria"

6. Resolution 228: "...'censures' Israel for its attack on Samu in the
West Bank, then under Jordanian control"

7. Resolution 237: "...'urges' Israel to allow return of new 1967
Palestinian refugees"

8. Resolution 248: "... 'condemns' Israel for its massive attack on
Karameh in Jordan"

9. Resolution 250: "... 'calls' on Israel to refrain from holding
military parade in Jerusalem"

10. Resolution 251: "... 'deeply deplores' Israeli military parade in
Jerusalem in defiance of Resolution 250"

11. Resolution 252: "...'declares invalid' Israel's acts to unify
Jerusalem as Jewish capital"

12. Resolution 256: "... 'condemns' Israeli raids on Jordan as
'flagrant violation"

13. Resolution 259: "...'deplores' Israel's refusal to accept UN
mission to probe occupation"

14. Resolution 262: "...'condemns' Israel for attack on Beirut airport"

15. Resolution 265: "... 'condemns' Israel for air attacks for Salt in
Jordan"

16. Resolution 267: "...'censures' Israel for administrative acts to
change the status of Jerusalem"

17. Resolution 270: "...'condemns' Israel for air attacks on villages
in southern Lebanon"

18. Resolution 271: "...'condemns' Israel's failure to obey UN
resolutions on Jerusalem"

19. Resolution 279: "...'demands' withdrawal of Israeli forces from
Lebanon"

20. Resolution 280: "....'condemns' Israeli's attacks against Lebanon"

21. Resolution 285: "...'demands' immediate Israeli withdrawal form
Lebanon"

22. Resolution 298: "...'deplores' Israel's changing of the status of
Jerusalem"

23. Resolution 313: "...'demands' that Israel stop attacks against
Lebanon"

24. Resolution 316: "...'condemns' Israel for repeated attacks on
Lebanon"

25. Resolution 317: "...'deplores' Israel's refusal to release Arabs
abducted in Lebanon"

26. Resolution 332: "...'condemns' Israel's repeated attacks against
Lebanon"

27. Resolution 337: "...'condemns' Israel for violating Lebanon's
sovereignty"

28. Resolution 347: "...'condemns' Israeli attacks on Lebanon"

29. Resolution 425: "...'calls' on Israel to withdraw its forces from
Lebanon"

30. Resolution 427: "...'calls' on Israel to complete its withdrawal
from Lebanon'

31. Resolution 444: "...'deplores' Israel's lack of cooperation with UN
peacekeeping forces"

32. Resolution 446: "...'determines' that Israeli settlements are a
'serious obstruction' to peace and calls on Israel to abide by the
Fourth Geneva
Convention"

33. Resolution 450: "...'calls' on Israel to stop attacking Lebanon"

34. Resolution 452: "...'calls' on Israel to cease building settlements
in occupied territories"

35. Resolution 465: "...'deplores' Israel's settlements and asks all
member states not to assist Israel's settlements program"

36. Resolution 467: "...'strongly deplores' Israel's military
intervention in Lebanon"

37. Resolution 468: "...'calls' on Israel to rescind illegal expulsions
of two Palestinian mayors and a judge and to facilitate their return"

38. Resolution 469: "...'strongly deplores' Israel's failure to observe
the council's order not to deport Palestinians"

39. Resolution 471: "...'expresses deep concern' at Israel's failure to
abide by the Fourth Geneva
Convention"

40. Resolution 476: "... 'reiterates' that Israel's claims to Jerusalem
are 'null and void'"

41. Resolution 478: "...'censures (Israel) in the strongest terms' for
its claim to Jerusalem in its 'Basic Law'"

42. Resolution 484: "...'declares it imperative' that Israel re-admit
two deported Palestinian mayors"

43. Resolution 487: "...'strongly condemns' Israel for its attack on
Iraq's nuclear facility"

44. Resolution 497: "...'decides' that Israel's annexation of Syria's
Golan Heights is 'null and void' and demands that Israel rescind its
decision forthwith"

45. Resolution 498: "...'calls' on Israel to withdraw from Lebanon"

46. Resolution 501: "...'calls' on Israel to stop attacks against
Lebanon and withdraw its troops"

47. Resolution 509: "...'demands' that Israel withdraw its forces
forthwith and unconditionally from Lebanon"

48. Resolution 515: "...'demands' that Israel lift its siege of Beirut
and allow food supplies to be brought in"

49. Resolution 517: "...'censures' Israel for failing to obey UN
resolutions and demands that Israel withdraw its forces from lebanon"

50. Resolution 518: "...'demands' that Israel cooperate fully with UN
forces in Lebanon"

51. Resolution 520: "...'condemns' Israel's attack into West Beirut"

52. Resolution 573: "...'condemns' Israel 'vigorously' for bombing
Tunisia in attack on PLO headquarters

53. Resolution 587: "...'takes note' of previous calls on Israel to
withdraw its forces from Lebanon and urges all parties to withdraw"

54. Resolution 592: "...'strongly deplores' the killing of Palestinian
students at Bir Zeit University by Israeli troops"

55. Resolution 605: "...'strongly deplores' Israel's policies and
practices denying the human
rights of Palestinians

56. Resolution 607: "...'calls' on Israel not to deport Palestinians
and strongly requests it to abide by the Fourth Geneva Convention

57. Resolution 608: "...'deeply regrets' that Israel has defied the
United Nations and deported Palestinian civilians"

58. Resolution 636: "...'deeply regrets' Israeli deportation of
Palestinian civilians

59. Resolution 641: "...'deplores' Israel's continuing deportation of
Palestinians

60. Resolution 672: "...'condemns' Israel for violence against
Palestinians at the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount

61. Resolution 673: "...'deplores' Israel's refusal to cooperate with
the United Nations.

62. Resolution 681: "...'deplores' Israel's resumption of the
deportation of Palestinians

63. Resolution 694: "...'deplores' Israel's deportation of Palestinians
and calls on it to ensure their safe and immediate return.

64. Resolution 726: "...'strongly condemns' Israel's deportation of
Palestinians

65. Resolution 799: "...'strongly condemns' Israel's deportation of 413
Palestinians and calls for their immediate return.

The following are the resolutions vetoed by the United States during
the period of September, 1972, to May, 1990 to protect Israel from
council criticism:

1. ....condemned Israel's attack against Southern against southern
Lebanon and Syria..."

2. ....affirmed the rights of the Palestinian people to self-
determination, statehood and equal protections..."

3. ...condemned Israel's air strikes and attacks in southern Lebanon
and its murder of innocent civilians..."

4. ....called for self-determination of Palestinian people..."

5. ....deplored Israel's altering of the status of Jerusalem, which is
recognized as an international city by most world nations and the
United Nations..."

6. ....affirmed the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people..."

7. ....endorsed self-determination for the Palestinian people..."

8. ....demanded Israel's withdrawal from the Golan Heights..."

9. ....condemned Israel's mistreatment of Palestinians in the occupied
West Bank and Gaza Strip and its refusal to abide by the Geneva
convention protocols of civilized nations..."

10. ....condemned an Israeli soldier who shot eleven Moslem worshippers
at the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount near Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City
of Jerusalem..."

11. ....urged sanctions against Israel if it did not withdraw from its
invasion of Lebanon..."

12. ....urged sanctions against Israel if it did not withdraw from its
invasion of Beirut..."

14. ....urged cutoff of economic aid to Israel if it refused to
withdraw from its occupation of Lebanon..."

15. ....condemned continued Israeli settlements in occupied territories
in > the West Bank and Gaza Strip, denouncing them as an obstacle to
peace..."

16. ....deplores Israel's brutal massacre of Arabs in Lebanon and urges
its > withdrawal..."

17. ....condemned Israeli brutality in southern Lebanon and denounced
the Israeli 'Iron Fist' policy of repression...."

18. ....denounced Israel's violation of human rights in the occupied >
territories..."

19. ....deplored Israel's violence in southern Lebanon..."

20. ....deplored Israel's activities in occupied Arab East Jerusalem
that threatened the sanctity of Muslim holy sites..."

21. ....condemned Israel's hijacking of a Libyan passenger airplane..."

22. ....deplored Israel's attacks against Lebanon and its measures and
practices against the civilian population of Lebanon..."

23. ....called on Israel to abandon its policies against the
Palestinian intifada that violated the rights of occupied Palestinians,
to abide by the
Fourth Geneva Conventions, and to formalize a leading role for the
United Nations in future peace negotiations..."

24. ....urged Israel to accept back deported Palestinians, condemned
Israel's shooting of civilians, called on Israel to uphold the Fourth
Geneva Convention,and called for a peace settlement under UN
auspices..."

25. ....condemned Israel's... incursion into Lebanon..."

26. ....deplored Israel's... commando raids on Lebanon..."

27. ....deplored Israel's repression of the Palestinian intifada and
called on Israel to respect the human rights of the Palestinians..."

28. ....deplored Israel's violation of the human rights of the
Palestinians..."

29. ....demanded that Israel return property confiscated from
Palestinians during a tax protest and allow a fact-finding mission to
observe Israel's  crackdown on the Palestinian intifada..."

30. ...called for a fact-finding mission on abuses against Palestinians
in  Israeli-occupied lands..."-

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