Israel has repeatedly defied United Nations resolutions. What other developed country in the world would be allowed this lawless refusal to abide by UN resolutions? Moreover, since its occupation of the Palestinian Territories in 1967, Israel has not implemented one single resolution stipulating its withdrawal from the occupied territories and refraining from all activities in these territories.
The settlements, the wall, the checkpoints, the bypass roads, the detention of political prisoners, the eviction of homes and other endless measures continue with glaring injustice, while the international community watches, and the US continues to pamper Israel with more funding and more moral support.
No wonder Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thought it was a joke for President Obama to ask him to freeze the settlements and took no heed of it. Why does everyone bend to Israel when it is the aggressor, the oppressor and the only country in the region that has a stock-pile of nuclear weapons, and has not even signed the non-proliferation treaty or allowed the inspection of its nuclear activity?
Yet they have the audacity to divert all the attention from its noncompliance with UN resolutions and its war crimes and violations of human rights, which appear so clearly in the Goldstone report, by focusing on Iran being the threat to the region. Once again, Israel succeeded in pulling wool over the eyes of the international community. I think it is due time for Israel to be held accountable for its actions.
