Double standards??

[blackfive]

From my understanding of the issue, the gist of the current sabre rattling over Iraq is that they are refusing to follow a UN resolution. Do any ABers know, off the top of their heads, how many UN resolutions Israel are currently blithely ignoring?

[WaldoMcFroog]

"Israel leads the list. Since 1968, Israel has violated 32 resolutions that included condemnation or criticism of the governments' policies and actions. Turkey is in second place, with 24 violations since 1974, and Morocco is third with 17 resolutions it ignored."

-

This is from an article in Oct 2002 found at: -

The target=_blank>http://www.jeffsarchive.com/israel/Israel%20Leads%
20in%20Ignoring%20UN%20Resolutions.html

-

The article is specifically addressing "one of the main arguments used by the Bush administration to justify changing the Baghdad regime - Iraq's deliberate refusal to implement UN Security Council resolutions."

[Quizmonster]

The problem is that there are different kinds of UN resolutions, specifically UN General Assembly ones and UN Security Council ones. They do not have the same force. For a view opposed to that offered in the earlier answer, click http://www.jcpa.org/brief/brief2-7.htm (Don't imagine that I have any axe to grind on behalf of Israel, by the way...quite the contrary in present circumstances...but I believe all sides of a story should be heard.)