"We are expected to forfeit lands captured in an existential war of self-defense to those still calling for our obliteration." (Steve of Mevaserret) There is nothing in international law to release a UN state member, from complying with it - just because the war it has fought was a self-defense war. You lied. No one expects us to forfeit the West Bank into the hands of Hamas, and Mahmoud Abbas and his PLO are not "calling for our obliteration". "Yesterday, in my speech to the United Nations, I said that you're a man of peace who believes in a two-state solution. And after our conversation today, you once again confirmed that. [...] I fully understand that in order to achieve this vision, there must be leaders willing to speak out and act on behalf of people who yearn for peace, and you are such a leader, Mr. President." President Bush to Chairman Abbas, Sep 20, 2006. www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/US-Israel/bush092006.html