UN Resolutions: Israel vs. Palestine
Israel is the target of at least 65 UN Resolutions and the Palestinians are the target of none.
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side from the core issues—refugees, Jerusalem, borders—the major themes reflected in the U.N. resolutions against Israel over the years are its unlawful attacks on its neighbors; its violations of the human rights of the Palestinians, including deportations, demolitions of homes and other collective punishments; its confiscation of Palestinian land; its establishment of illegal settlements; and its refusal to abide by the U.N. Charter and the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War.
Source: Paul Findley’s Deliberate Deceptions (1998, pages 192-4). This number only covers resolutions passed from 1955 through 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.
Suffice to say, Israel has never lived up to these terms.
UN Security Council Votes: 1972-2003
US Vetoes 1972-1983:
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Subject |
Date & Meeting | US Rep Casting Veto | Vote |
| Palestine: Syrian-Lebanese Complaint. 3 power draft resolution 2/10784 | 9/10/1972 | Bush | 13-1, 1 |
| Palestine: Examination of Middle East Situation. 8-power draft resolution (S/10974) | 7/2/1973 | Scali | 13-1, 0 (China not partic.) |
| Palestine: Egyptian-Lebanese Complaint. 5-power draft power resolution (S/11898) | 12/8/1975 | Moynihan | 13-1, 1 |
| Palestine: Middle East Problem, including Palestinian question. 6-power draft resolution (S/11940) | 1/26/1976 | Moynihan | 9-1,3 (China & Libya not partic.) |
| Palestine: Situation in Occupied Arab Territories. 5-power draft resolution (S/12022) | 3/25/1976 | Scranton | 14-1,0 |
| Palestine: Report on Committee on Rights of Palestinian People. 4-power draft resolution (S/121119) | 6/29/1976 | Sherer | 10-1,4 |
| Palestine: Palestinian Rights. Tunisian draft resolution. (S/13911) | 4/30/1980 | McHenry | 10-1,4 |
| Palestine: Golan Heights. Jordan draft resolution. (S/14832/Rev. 2) | 1/20/1982 | Kirkpatrick | 9-1,5 |
| Palestine: Situation in Occupied Territories, Jordan draft resolution (S/14943) | 4/2/1982 | Lichenstein | 13-1,1 |
| Palestine: Incident at the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. 4-power draft resolution | 4/20/1982 | Kirpatrick | 14-1, 0 |
| Palestine: Conflict in Lebanon. Spain draft resolution. (S/15185) | 6/8/1982 | Kirpatrick | 14-1,0 |
| Palestine: Conflict in Lebanon. France draft resolution. (S/15255/Rev. 2) | 6/26/1982 | Lichenstein | 14-1 |
| Palestine: Conflict in Lebanon. USSR draft resolution. (S/15347/Rev. 1, as orally amended) | 8/6/1982 | Lichenstein | 11-1,3 |
| Palestine: Situation in Occupied Territories, 20-power draft resolution (S/15895) | 8/2/1983 | Lichenstein | 13-1,1 |
Security Council Vetoes/Negative Voting 1983-2003
| Subject | Date | Vote |
| Occupied Arab Territories: Wholesale condemnation of Israeli settlement policies – not adopted | 1983 | |
| S. Lebanon: Condemns Israeli action in southern Lebanon. S/16732 | 9/6/1984 | Vetoed: 13-1 (U.S.), with 1 abstention (UK) |
| Occupied Territories: Deplores “repressive measures” by Israel against Arab population. S/19459. | 9/13/1985 | Vetoed: 10-1 (U.S.), with 4 abstentions (Australia, Denmark, UK, France) |
| Lebanon: Condemns Israeli practices against civilians in southern Lebanon. S/17000. | 3/12/1985 | Vetoed: 11-1 (U.S.), with 3 abstentions (Australia, Denmark, UK) |
| Occupied Territories: Calls upon Israel to respect Muslim holy places. S/17769/Rev. 1 | 1/30/1986 | Vetoed: 13-1 (US), with one abstention (Thailand) |
| Lebanon: Condemns Israeli practices against civilians in southern Lebanon. S/17730/Rev. 2. | 1/17/1986 | Vetoed: 11-1 (U.S.), with 3 abstentions (Australia, Denmark, UK) |
| Libya/Israel: Condemns Israeli interception of Libyan plane. S/17796/Rev. 1. | 2/6/1986 | Vetoed: 10 -1 (US), with 4 abstentions (Australia, Denmark, France, UK) |
| Lebanon: Draft strongly deplored repeated Israeli attacks against Lebanese territory and other measures and practices against the civilian population; (S/19434) | 1/18/1988 | vetoed 13-1 (US), with 1 abstention (UK) |
| Lebanon: Draft condemned recent invasion by Israeli forces of Southern Lebanon and repeated a call for the immediate withdrawal of all Israeli forces from Lebanese territory; (S/19868) | 5/10/1988 | vetoed 14-1 (US) |
| Lebanon: Draft strongly deplored the recent Israeli attack against Lebanese territory on 9 December 1988; (S/20322) | 12/14/1988 | vetoed 14-1 (US) |
| Occupied territories: Draft called on Israel to accept de jure applicability of the 4th Geneva Convention; (S/19466) | 1988 | vetoed 14-1 (US) |
| Occupied territories: Draft urged Israel to abide by the Fourth Geneva Convention, rescind the order to deport Palestinian civilians, and condemned policies and practices of Israel that violate the human rights of the Palestinian people in the occupied territories; (S/19780) | 1988 | vetoed 14-1 (US) |
| Occupied territories: Strongly deplored Israeli policies and practices in the occupied territories, and strongly deplored also Israel’s continued disregard of relevant Security Council decisions. | 2/17/1989 | Vetoed 14-1 (US) |
| Occupied territories: Condemned Israeli policies and practices in the occupied territories. | 6/9/1989 | Vetoed 14-1 (US) |
| Occupied territories: Deplored Israel’s policies and practices in the occupied territories. | 11/7/1989 | Vetoed 14-1 (US) |
| Occupied territories: NAM draft resolution to create a commission and send three security council members to Rishon Lezion, where an Israeli gunmen shot down seven Palestinian workers. | 5/31/1990 | Vetoed 14-1 (US) |
| Middle East: Confirms that the expropriation of land by Israel in East Jerusalem is invalid and in violation of relevant Security Council resolutions and provisions of the Fourth Geneva convention; expresses support of peace process, including the Declaration of Principles of 9/13/1993 | 5/17/1995 | Vetoed 14-1 (US) |
| Middle East: Calls upon Israeli authorities to refrain from all actions or measures, including settlement activities. | 3/7/1997 | Vetoed 14-1 (US) |
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Middle East: Demands that Israel cease construction of the settlement in east Jerusalem (called Jabal Abu Ghneim by the Palestinians and Har Homa by Israel), as well as all the other Israeli settlement activity in the occupied territories |
3/21/1997 | Vetoed 13-1,1 (US) |
| Call for UN Observers Force in West Bank, Gaza | 3/27/2001 | Vetoed 9-1 (US), with four abstentions (Britain, France, Ireland and Norway) |
| Condemned acts of terror, demanded an end to violence and the establishment of a monitoring mechanism to bring in observers. | 12/15/2001 | Vetoed 12-1 (US) with two abstentions (Britain and Norway) |
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On the killing by Israeli forces of several UN employees and the destruction of the World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse |
12/20/2002 |
12-1 (US) |
| Demand that Israel halt threats to expel Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat | 9/16/03 | Vetoed 11-1 (US) with three abstentions (Britain, Germany and Bulgaria) |
| Seeks to bar Israel from extending security fence | 10/14/03 | Vetoed 10-1 with four abstentions (Britain, Germany, Bulgaria and Cameroon) |
Source: United Nations