MUSCAT, 18 December 2003 — Since its creation, Israel has been rejecting anything and everything. There is nothing to halt the Israeli arrogance.
Israel sees itself above the law and thumbs its nose at international laws.
Small wonder, Israel has no qualms in throwing to the winds resolutions passed by the UN and other international organizations. Kicking them out of the narrow window, as and when they are adopted, has become a habit with the Jewish entity.
The fact that it does all this despite having to live in total isolation from the world shows the height of its arrogance.
Meanwhile, the whole world strongly rejects the Israeli arrogance. The pacifists in Israel have so often expressed their displeasure, nay, dismay over the abhorrent practices of the world’s No. 1 terrorist, Ariel Sharon.
Thus, we can safely say that Israel is like rotten food; nobody wants to come near it. The UN members have met so many times and discussed in depth the events in Palestine. Every time they met, they issued resolutions detailing the rights and duties of each party, paving the way for a just future and an end to the daily bloodshed in the occupied Palestinian lands.
But Israel gives a damn about these resolutions, and instead, continues the killings, destruction of homes; in parallel, it keeps on with the construction of settlements.
This policy of kicking international laws and resolutions in the teeth has been going on since 1948 when Israel was established. The latest is Israel’s rejection of the Geneva Initiative, which is approved by the Palestinians and all the peace-loving people of the world. What is more, even the US, which drew up a peace plan of its own — the road map — with the UN, EU and Russia, is inclined to approve of the Geneva Initiative.
The world’s positive response to the initiative is based on the fact that it holds some hope for an end to the long, festering conflict, which has killed thousands of people.
Why does Israel reject all the international resolutions and give no attention to the will of the world?
This is an important question and the reason for such abominable behavior is: Israel knows full well that its rejection will cause no problem for it. The US administration, Israel’s first and permanent ally, stands guard in protection of Israel, America’s pampered and spoilt child. Another question, which springs to everybody’s mind, is: Why is it that the UN Security Council is not imposing economic sanctions on Israel? Has not the Security Council imposed sanctions on many erring countries and for long periods of time?
Answering such a question is both easy and difficult.
Israel knows well that the UN Security Council, or any world organization for that matter, cannot impose sanctions without US consent. No wonder, Israel has so far rejected more than 31 international resolutions. In short, Israel will continue rejecting anything and everything.
— Essa bin Mohammed Al-Zedjali is editor in chief of The Times of Oman.
