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- most recently on December 2, 2009 passing six resolutions to promote inalienable Palestinian rights for statehood, as well as ending Israel's illegal actions in Jerusalem and Golan.
The votes passed by margins of 109 - 8, 112 - 9, 162 - 8, 164 - 7, 163 - 7, and 116 - 7. Those against, in one or more resolutions, included America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Panama, Ivory Coast, a few tiny Pacific islands, and, of course, Israel.
Since the mid-1970s, the "peace process" was little more than a slogan for what's been stillborn for over 35 years.
Pressured by the Israeli Lobby, Washington values Israel as an important ally in this strategically important part of the world.
It's vital to America's plan to control Eurasia with 75% of the world's population, most of its resources and physical wealth, and three-fourths of its energy reserves. They comprise the grandest of grand prizes, too valuable to let slip away, and one not to let peace obstruct.
After the 1967 Six Day War, the "Allon Plan," named after Defense Minister (later Prime Minister) Yigal Allon, was an early rejectionist measure, proposing:
- "maximum land with minimum Arabs;"
- annexing the choicest 40% of the West Bank and Gaza, including the Jordan Valley and Dead Sea's western shore;
- expropriating a substantial area around Greater Jerusalem, including the Latrun salient; other portions would be seized later to secure full control of a united city, never again to be divided;
- dispossessing Palestinians from areas Israel wants solely for Jews;
- building permanent settlements and army bases; and
- making remaining parts of the West Bank an autonomous region economically linked to Israel.
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