UN General Assembly
1972

125. Similar acts have been and are now being committed by Israel in Egyptian Sinai, in the Syrian Golan heights, Jerusalem and on the west bank. The reports of the Red Cross, the United Nations committees of investigation, the various articles published in the world press and the statements issued by many international humanitarian organizations all attest that the situation in those territories is intolerable. Consequently, the measures undertaken by Israel in the occupied territories have been considered war crimes and an affront to humanity by the Commission on Human Rights. The Foreign Minister of Israel calmly tells us, however, in his speech in this debate, that Israel applies humanitarian principles. Israel has, according to him, increased the number of television sets in the hands of the people under its occupation. 126. Yet we in Egypt are for peace. We are for the full implementation of all United Nations resolutions on the