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Tuesday, January 10, 2017

The Real Impact of UN Resolution 2334 Has Yet to Come

http://lobelog.com/the-real-impact-of-un-resolution-2334-has-yet-to-come/#more-37483

The Real Impact of UN Resolution 2334 Has Yet to Come

by Shemuel Meir
UN Security Council resolution 2334 caught Prime Minister Netanyahu off guard. Out of the clear blue sky. From a territorial perspective, which is the heart of 2334, the Security Council resolution represents an escalation in the way the international community relates to Israel’s borders and its settlements in the West Bank.
The Israeli prime minister read the resolution carefully. Netanyahu’s fiery response — as if the United States was part of some conspiracy and abandoning Israel — is the other side of the strength and surprise of the resolution.
From its first line, the Security Council resolution ties itself to one of the most important resolutions relating to the Middle East: Security Council Resolution 242 of November 1967. Resolution 2334 opens by citing and reaffirming the most important pillar of 242: the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war — a rejection of unilateral annexation. From here on out, the international community’s authoritative interpretation that Israel’s legitimate borders are the pre-1967 lines will be based not only on Resolution 242, but also on 2334. The Security Council drew a line in the sand, or rather, a border: the border between the State of Israel and the State of Palestine. http://lobelog.com/the-real-impact-of-un-resolution-2334-has-yet-to-come/#more-37483

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