Y Net News posted a story on Wednesday stating that United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon made a speech saying that the 'occupation' of Palestine by Israel must end. I don't know whether Ban Ki-moon doesn't know his history or just chooses to ignore it.
In the Balfour Declaration of 1919, Britain made a commitment to work toward the establishment of a Jewish homeland in the vast wasteland (at the time) designated as the Palestinian territory. On January 4, 1919, a formal agreement was signed in London to bring the Jewish homeland into existence. Signing the agreement were His Royal Highness the Emir Feisal ibn-Hussein, representing and acting on behalf of the Arab Kingdom of Hedjaz, and Chaim Weitzman, representing and acting on behalf of the Zionist Organization. Later the League of Nations codified and approved the boundaries set up. The nation of Israel that was formed at that time included what is now Jordan and all the land the Palestinians are currently claiming. Later, 80 percent of the land given to Israel was taken from them to form the country of Transjordan, which was to be the Palestinian State. That was part of a 1922 British Mandate. The concept of another Palestinian State was born after the 1967 war, when Israel took back some of the land she had originally been promised. As Walid Shoebat has said, "Why is it that on June 4th 1967, I was a Jordanian and overnight I became a Palestinian?" The push for a Palestinian state by the Arab nations is a smoke screen being used to reduce Israel to indefensible borders with hostile neighbors and reach their long term goal of driving Israel into the sea. For the Arab states, the problem is not how large Israel is--it is that Israel is.
The UN has been very quick to criticize Israel for her settlements. At the same time, the UN has been very reluctant to criticize the rocket attacks from Gaza into Israel. That really tells you all you need to know.
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