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- its call for an International Peace Conference on the Middle East based on UN Resolutions 242 and 338;
- its asking for Israel's withdrawal from occupied Palestinian lands, including East Jerusalem;
- its willingness to accept a voluntary confederation between Jordan and Palestine; and
- its "rejection of terrorism in all forms, including state terrorism..."
As a result, on December 14, 1988, the Reagan administration began dialogue. In June 1990, the Bush administration suspended it, alleging the PLO violated its pledge.
From then until now, US administrations call self-defense "terrorism" even though it's an inherent (individual and state) right under "customary international and humanitarian law, including:"
- Article 51 of the UN Charter;
- the four 1949 Geneva Conventions; and
- the 1907 Hague Regulations on Land Warfare.
The PNC accepts them. Israel doesn't, violating fundamental laws with impunity. Other nations are also culpable. Under Geneva's Common Article 1, all countries are obliged to pressure Israel to comply.
America is especially culpable as Israel's paymaster/partner/supplier of weapons, equipment, supplies, generous handouts, loans, grants, and various other benefits.
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