Anti-israel Moves at UN Continue

The debate on the Middle East which was scheduled to begin today in the General Assembly has been postponed until Thursday. Israel, nevertheless, is continuing to come under fire in various UN committees.

A major attack on Israel is expected this week in the Special Political Committee which is discussing the report by the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices in the Occupied Territories. The committee will also take up the Syrian charge that Israel demolished the Golan Heights city of Kuneitra when the Israeli army withdrew after the Yom Kippur War.

Another aspect of Israel’s administration of the occupied territories is under discussion in the Economic and Financial Committee under the title “Natural Resources in the Occupied Territories.” Israel’s use of natural resources, including the use of manpower, is the target of this committee.

The rights of the Palestinians will be the subject of discussion again by the General Assembly tomorrow when the issue of “Self-Determination” will be taken up after having been discussed in the Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee. Israel will also come under fire in the Political and Security Committee where an Egyptian-Iranian initiative has forced the discussion on the issue of a nuclear-free zone in the Mideast Israel will be criticized for its refusal to sign a nuclear non-proliferation treaty.

Meanwhile, the Security Council was preparing to meet this afternoon to extend the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force on the Golan Heights for another six months. Syria and Israel agreed to the extension last week.