Shlomo Shamir, Haaretz Correspondent: Elie Wiesel: Durban II likely to harm UN, not Israel
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Title:surreal
Name:stephanie
City: houstonState: texas
The surreal reality is that the world is dripping in blood, 4 million deaths in the Congo wars in the last 5-6 years and so on.

But Israel is singled out, while countries with vats opf blood on their hands act as judges.

Btw, the occupation is legal since the armistice which initiated the occupation is also legal and the only legal instrument to end an occupation legally is a peace treaty.

Why should Israel vacate the occupation without concluding a peace treaty with the Palestinians who are a belligerent party to the war which resulted in the occupation in the first place?

Anything less is using soldiers as cannon fodder for wars without a political resolution.

Perhaps states which routinely flush their own citizens down the drain, such as Iraq and Iran, this is acceptable practice, but not yet for Israel.