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Israeli Defiance(as usual) of UN

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Israel defies UN on barrier By Matt Spetalnick JERUSALEM Israel vowed to press on with construction of its vast barrier cutting into Palestinian territory in the West Bank despite a UN resolution demanding it be torn down. "The fence will continue being built and we will go on taking care of the security of Israel's citizens," Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told Israel Radio, reaffirming the position of Israel's right-leaning government. Last week, the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling the sprawling network of fences and walls a "contradiction to international law" and ordering Israel to "stop and reverse" its construction on Palestinian lands. Olmert said the Israeli government would defy what he called "the dictates of an automatic, hostile, inconsiderate and misguided (UN) majority that always acts against Israel". Israel says it is a security fence to keep out suicide bombers. Palestinians call it a new "Berlin Wall" that cuts deep into territory they want for a state. The United States, Israel's chief ally, has expressed misgivings about the project. The UN resolution said the barrier could imperil efforts to reach a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as called for in the US-backed road map plan. Following deadly air strikes in Gaza, Israeli forces killed three militants in the West Bank last Wednesday, including a local leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat told Reuters. "The Israeli statement reflects an Israeli determination to continue violating international law and continue the path of occupation and settlement rather than peace and reconciliation." The Israeli army is ready to 'remove' Palestinian President Yasser Arafat if the government gives the order, The Jerusalem Post newspaper reported, citing a senior military source. The report in the right-wing daily, which recently editorialized in favour of killing Arafat, followed a decision in principle by Israel's security cabinet last month to "remove" the Palestinian leader. The ministers did not say how or when. Arafat has vowed to fight to the death if Israel tries to exile him. Many Palestinians see the threat against Arafat as aimed at eradicating their limited self-rule in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, which Israel captured in the 1967 Middle East war. Reuters --------------------- - BACK TO INDEX - REPLY - QUOTE - EDIT - DELETE -

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