Defiant Israel vows to ignore UN resolution on roadmap

[Classical_Liberal]

Defiant Israel vows to ignore UN resolution on roadmap

JERUSALEM : A defiant Israel vowed to ignore a United Nations resolution endorsing the "roadmap" for peace plan and push on with its West Bank separation barrier despite sharp criticism from US President George W. Bush.

Trade Minister Ehud Olmert, the official number two to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, said Israel does not feel bound by the Security Council's unanimous resolution on the internationally-backed roadmap.
"It is possible that we will hold talks with the new Palestinian government on the basis of the roadmap but ... Israel does not feel that it is bound by the resolution," he told public radio.

Despite strong objections from Israel and initial opposition from the United States, the council voted unanimously for the Russian-backed resolution to put its stamp of approval on the plan, which envisages a Palestinian state by 2005.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/58296/1/.html

[arcane1]

1. sre they "thumbing their nose at the UN"??

:shrug:

[BlackFrancis]

2. Does the UN resign itself to irrelevancy if it doesn't react?

[Resistance]

3. why should Israel adhere to UN resolutions?

Israel can do what it wants - terrorize Palestinians and steal their land - and still get billions every year from the American taxpayer: regardless of UN resolutions and condemnations.