Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) says Israel has betrayed the United Nations principles, which had enable its occupation-propelled existence.
Saeb Erekat, chief negotiator for the umbrella group, which includes many Palestinian factions said on Monday that, through its numerous violations of UN resolutions, "Israel has undermined the efficacy of and derogated the UN System, the very authority through which it was created," the Palestinian Ma'an news agency reported.
In November 1947, the world body voted in favor of the partition of Palestine, proposing the creation of a "Jewish state."
Israel fabricated its existence a year later during the Six-Day War against the Arab world, forcing 711,000 Palestinians to leave their homeland. Estimates for 2008 put the number of Palestinian refugees at over 4.6 million.
In 1967, Tel Aviv went on to occupy and later annex the Palestinian territories of the West Bank, East al-Quds (Jerusalem), the promised capital of the future Palestinian state in violation of international law.
The operations also led to the occupation of the Gaza Strip. Israel later withdrew from the territory, but has been keeping it under frequent attacks.
The UN Security Council resolutions have demanded that Tel Aviv pull out of the three territories.
"Instead, Israel works diligently to pressure its allies to oppose the creation of a Palestinian state," Erekat added.
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