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Israel Hits UN, UNESCO
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He did not rule out either
possibility.
A Cabinet communique
said the ministers were
"unanimous in their belief
that the UN General Assem-
bly resolutions were lacking
in moral validity and politi-
cal justification and they in
fact undermined the essence
of the international body."
With regard to UNESCO, the
communique said that "Israel
will continue to build and
develop Jerusalem, Israel's
capital, including research
into its historic past, while
preserving its unique and
universal character."
Israel's first official re-
sponse to the General As-
sembly vote was contained
in a Foreign Ministry state-
ment which said the resolu-
tions ."make a mockery of
the spirit which moved the
founders of the organization
29 years ago, after the defeat
of Nazi tyranny." Branding
them a badge of shame for
the UN, the statement said
the resolutions "demonstrate
the sad truth that the forum
originally designed to be a
platform for peace and
brotherhood among nations
has become a rostrum for
the encouragement of terror
and incitement to war."
Israel's bitter official re-
action was tempered some-
what by private expressions
of satisfaction by officials
with the performance by a
majority of the We s tern
states which either abstained
or voted with Israel against
the resolutions.
As one source put it the
abstention by the European
Common Market countries
on the grounds that the
resolutions made no mention
of Israel's right to exist,
might indicate their realiza-
tion that appeasement of the
Arabs, like the appeasement
of Hitler 40 years ago, can
only lead to disaster.
The Foreign Ministry's
statement acknowledged "the
important role of those states
which opposed the resolutions
or abstained," but added:
"It must be recognized that
enmity and hypocrisy, to-
gether with appeasement and
surrender to blackmail have
combined to reduce the UN
General Assembly to the
depth to which it has sunk
.. . Israel totally rejects the
resolutions. She regards them
as invalid, harmful and un-
worthy of consideration."
The statement concluded:
"Israel will continue to strive
for a just and lasting peace
with all her neighbors — a
peace which will resolve the
outstanding issues between
herself and her neighbors —
including that of finding a
constructive expression for
the identity of the Pales-
tinians."
In connection with the lat-
ter point, Yariv said on a
state radio interview that
Israel was willing to con-
sider granting local auton-
omy in gradual stages to
the 700,000 Palestinians on
the West Bank, although it
will have no dealings what-
soever under any circum-
stances with the PLO.
Yariv suggested that even-
tually autonomy could lead
to a federated status for the
West Bank under which a
settlement between Israel
and Jordan might be reached.
Those voting against the
UN resolution were: Israel,
the United States, Bolivia,
Chile, Costa Rica, Iceland,
Nicaragua and Norway.
Abstentions were cast by:
Australia, Austria, the Ba-
hamas, Barbados, Belgium,
Canada, Colombia, Denmark,
Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji,
Finland, France, West Ger-
many, Greece, Grenada, Gua-
tamala, Haiti, Honduras, Ire-
land, Italy, Japan, Laos,
Luxembourg, Malawi, Mexi-
co, Nepal, the Netherlands,
New Zealand, Panama, Para-
guay, Singapore, Swaziland,
Sweden, the United Kingdom,
Uruguay and Venezuela.
During the course of the
debate which began Oct. 13
with a speech by Palestine
Liberation chief Yasir Ara-
fat, delegates representing
the nine European Common
Market countries and Canada
asserted they would either
vote against or abstain on
anf resolution which did not
deal with Israel's future sta-
tus, or which failed to include
a reference to Securitf Coun-
cil Resolutions 242 and 338.
The resolution did not refer
to any of these.
The resolution was de-
nounced by Israeli Amoas-
sador Yosef Tekoah. The
Palestinians at the UN, how-
ever, expressed disappoint-
ment that the resolution
failed to get 120 votes in
favor, the target they had
set early in the debate. The
number of those voting in
favor fell far short from
the vote of 105-4 in favor of
inviting Arafat to address
the Assembly. In addition,
several African nations ab-
stained in Friday's vote.
The resolution also empha-
sized that "full respect for
and the realization of the
inalienable rights of the
Palestinian are indispensable
for the solution of the ques-
tion of Palestine" "recog-
nized that the Palestinian
people is a principal party in
the establishment of a just
and durable peace in the
Middle East"; "appeal to
all states and international
organizations to extend their
support to the Palestinian
people in its struggle to re-
store its rights in accordance
with the (United Nations)
Charter"; and "requests the
Secretary General to estab-
lish contacts with the Pales-
tine Liberation Organization
on all matters concerning the
question of Palestine."
The operative paragraph
that is of most concern to
Israel and the Jewish peo-
ple is the one which gants
the recognition "of the right
of the Palestinian people to
regain its rights by all means
in accordance with the pur-
poses and principles of the
Charter of the United Na-
tions." The phrase, "by all
means," is taken as the code
words for continued terror-
ism and aggression against
Israel. The resolution was
supported by all the Arab
states, the Soviet Union,
Soviet bloc countries, China,
Spain, Portugal and many
Third World countries.
Addressing the Assembly
after the vote, Tekoah term-
ed the Palestine debate "a
Sodom and Gomorrah of
ideals and values. Even while
it was proceeding, Israeli
civilians were being murder-
ed in Beisan by PLO agents."
He told the Assembly that
"the orgy of hatred and
abuse now reaching its cli-
max must raise grave ques-
tions about the future des-
tiny of our organization. By
trampling to dust its own
Charter, by submitting itself
to violence and savagery, by
hailing lawlessness, inhuman-
ity and hypocrisy, the..United
Nations has plunged into an
abyss from which there is
no exit."
Furthermore, Tekoah de-
clared, "these are sad days
for the United Nations. These
are days of degredation, and
disgrace, of surrender and
humiliation for the interna-
tional community." He stated
that Israel "will not be de-
terred from its course" and
that "at no time has the peo-
ple of Israel felt more cer-
tain of the justice of its
cause than now, at no time
has it been more steadfast
and more united in warding
off the assaults of the forces
of darkness than today."
Israel, he added, "has no
intention to be replaced by
the Nazis of the Middle East.
The Jewish people will not
he swallowed up by the PLO
barbarity."
The Assembly also approved
a second resolution No. 22
by a vote of 99-17 with 19
abstentions giving the PLO
permanent observer status
and the right to take part in
international meetings under
UN auspices.
This resolution, too, made
no reference to Israel or its
right to exist nor to Resolu-
tions 242 and 338. The United
States, Israel, Canada, Bri-
tain and most West European
nations voted against this
resolution. France, Japan
and some Latin American
countries abstained.
Permanent observer status
now is enjoyed only by Swit-
zerland, the Vatican, Monaco,
North and South Korea and
South Vietnam, which are
members of UN specialized
agencies.
The Palestinians at the
UN, along with Arab coun-
tries, indicated after the vote
on this resolution that they
would _ press to have other
"national liberation" move-
ments accorded similar per-
mannent observer status.
In another action Thursday
night, a resolution declaring
that Arabs and other s
"under Israeli occupation"
were entitled to compensa-
tion for the use of their na-
tural resources was approved
by a 95-2 vote with 28 ab-
stentions in the General As-
sembly's Economic Commit-
tee.
The resolution also asked
Secretary General Kurt Wald-
heim to report on "the ad-
verse economic effects on
the Arab states and peoples
of the repeated Israeli ag-
gresson and contnued occu-
pation of their territories."
The two votes against the
resolution were cast by the
United States and Israel.
WUGZ to Meet
NEW YORK (ZINS) — A
meeting of the presidium of
the World Union of General
Zionists will take place on
Dec. 15 in New York City.
Among the matters to be dis-
cussed are a program of ac-
tion for the World Union and
finalization of plans for a Pan
American Zionist conference.
22—Friday, Nov. 29, 1974
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