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UK peers chastise hypocrisy of US veto of Israel resolution
London, March 2, IRNA – A succession of British peers have criticised the double standards of the US in vetoing another UN resolution condemning Israel while showing unanimity with other Security Council members to call Libya to account.
Former Liberal democrat shadow foreign minster Lord Dykes said it was “depressing” to see the US once again for around the 42nd time had “ruined and even recklessly sabotaged” a draft resolution criticising Israel.
“A seemingly unanimous decision in a moderately worded resolution asking Israel to obey its international law duties in occupied Palestine was deliberately - I am sad to use the verb - wrecked by the US,” Dykes said.
“This time it caused universal resentment, even hatred, towards America among some of the other Security Council members. Some of them kept silent counsel, but they did so with great sadness,” he said.
“Once again the US refused to condemn behaviour which even President Reagan repeatedly described as totally illegal: the continued colonisation of the West Bank and, of course, East Jerusalem.”
Dykes, who is current president of the European-Atlantic Group, said that “once again the Arab street sees the double standards of the US.”
“Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait and was quite rightly expelled after a year. The UN, quite rightly, did not hesitate then. Israel invaded the West Bank 44 years ago, but it is still there,” he said during a brief debate in the House of Lords on Monday.
He said that the veto, in contrast to the EU much more decisive stand was a “still lingering, miserable and self-inflicted humiliation which is further eroding America's already tattered so-called leadership of the western world.”
Labour peer Lord Judd said that historically it is was a “major tragedy” to see the US behave as it has at the UN and that it was in its own interests to realise the importance of international law as the US “will not always have that ascendency.”
“What is so sad about what the United States has done is that it is absolutely counterproductive to the security of Israel. It will not help the people of Israel,” said Judd, who is a former foreign and defence minister.
Lib Dem peer Baroness Falkner said that “there had been fine rhetoric since the inauguration of President Obama and the expression of lofty ideals, but we are no closer to a solution than at any time before Oslo.”
Even Lord Bew, the chairman of the Anglo-Israel Association, referred to 110 congressmen warning the US not to back the “anti-Israel resolution' and said the “profound political realities” for any United States Administration must be respected.
Conservative peer Lord Tugendhat said that despite Israel remaining “obdurate”, the US is unwilling to act as a candid friend and found itself isolated like Israel.
Another Lib Dem peer Baroness Tonge questioned while Ihe international community was outraged about Libya and leaders acted swiftly and decisively in imposing sanctions why has Israel, who “defy all international law, never been called to account.”
Tonge suggested that the facts needed to be faced that Israel was “immune to international law” citing several examples of its latest crimes against the Palestinians./end
Former Liberal democrat shadow foreign minster Lord Dykes said it was “depressing” to see the US once again for around the 42nd time had “ruined and even recklessly sabotaged” a draft resolution criticising Israel.
“A seemingly unanimous decision in a moderately worded resolution asking Israel to obey its international law duties in occupied Palestine was deliberately - I am sad to use the verb - wrecked by the US,” Dykes said.
“This time it caused universal resentment, even hatred, towards America among some of the other Security Council members. Some of them kept silent counsel, but they did so with great sadness,” he said.
“Once again the US refused to condemn behaviour which even President Reagan repeatedly described as totally illegal: the continued colonisation of the West Bank and, of course, East Jerusalem.”
Dykes, who is current president of the European-Atlantic Group, said that “once again the Arab street sees the double standards of the US.”
“Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait and was quite rightly expelled after a year. The UN, quite rightly, did not hesitate then. Israel invaded the West Bank 44 years ago, but it is still there,” he said during a brief debate in the House of Lords on Monday.
He said that the veto, in contrast to the EU much more decisive stand was a “still lingering, miserable and self-inflicted humiliation which is further eroding America's already tattered so-called leadership of the western world.”
Labour peer Lord Judd said that historically it is was a “major tragedy” to see the US behave as it has at the UN and that it was in its own interests to realise the importance of international law as the US “will not always have that ascendency.”
“What is so sad about what the United States has done is that it is absolutely counterproductive to the security of Israel. It will not help the people of Israel,” said Judd, who is a former foreign and defence minister.
Lib Dem peer Baroness Falkner said that “there had been fine rhetoric since the inauguration of President Obama and the expression of lofty ideals, but we are no closer to a solution than at any time before Oslo.”
Even Lord Bew, the chairman of the Anglo-Israel Association, referred to 110 congressmen warning the US not to back the “anti-Israel resolution' and said the “profound political realities” for any United States Administration must be respected.
Conservative peer Lord Tugendhat said that despite Israel remaining “obdurate”, the US is unwilling to act as a candid friend and found itself isolated like Israel.
Another Lib Dem peer Baroness Tonge questioned while Ihe international community was outraged about Libya and leaders acted swiftly and decisively in imposing sanctions why has Israel, who “defy all international law, never been called to account.”
Tonge suggested that the facts needed to be faced that Israel was “immune to international law” citing several examples of its latest crimes against the Palestinians./end
