Andrei Vishinsky’s veto yesterday of the New Zealand resolution on the Suez Canal situation in the Security Council has effectively terminated the role of the Security Council as a court of last resort on the Palestine issue and an agency for peace there, according to United Nations observers today.
Mr. Vishinsky’s cynical alignment with the Arab bloc to ensure their seven votes for the East in the major world division was held today to spell the end of the Council as an instrument for enforcing the peace and to leave Israel facing a bleak future on the international scene.
The Israelis here made no secret of the fact that they shared the belief of most observers that no resolution on Palestine could in the future secure passage in the Council unless it was anti-Israel and pro-Arab. The Soviet Union’s veto, overriding the virtual unanimity of the other members of the Council, excepting Lebanon, means that no Palestine issue can in the future be decided on its merits.
Under the circumstances grave doubts are being voiced here as to whether Israel should proceed with its efforts to hale Jordan before the Security Council on such weighty issues as the repudiation of Article XII of the armistice agreement and the Negev bus massacre.
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