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UN Resolution 181 called for an Independent Arab state by October 1, 1948. It asked:
"all Governments and peoples to refrain from taking any action which might hamper or delay the carrying out of these recommendations."The Security Council was to take "the necessary measures as provided for in the plan for its implementation." It was to assure "a just and lasting peace...."
Israel's "War of Independence" intervened. Decades later, peace remains elusive. Palestine's still occupied. World leaders never intervened. Over eight million Palestinians, including diaspora ones, await justice.
On June 30, 1980, the Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 476. America abstained. It declared "all legislative and administrative measures and actions taken by Israel, the occupying Power, which purport to alter the character and status of the Holy City of Jerusalem have no legal validity and constitute a flagrant (Fourth Geneva) violation."
On July 30, 1980, Israel's Jerusalem Law lawlessly annexed the city as its unified capital.
On August 20, 1980, the Security Council unanimously passed Resolution 478. America again abstained. Resolution language "censured (Israel) in the strongest terms." It condemned its Jerusalem Law.
It called doing so in violation of international law. It refused recognition. It told member states to withdraw diplomatic missions from the city immediately.
The Security Council and General Assembly called East Jerusalem occupied territory. Expropriated land is illegal. Israeli legislative and administrative measures altering the city's character and status are null and void. They must be rescinded forthwith.
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