UN General Assembly
1982

peaceful solution unlike Israel, which has proved that it is an aggressive entity that does not respect international resolutions, norms or rules. The PLO emerged from the conflict more determined than ever to restore the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, despite the Israeli illusion that its war in Lebanon would destroy the Palestinian people and hence the Palestinian cause. 60. The shameful Israeli policies and practices reflected in its flagrant defiance of United Nations resolutions and its use of armed violence to attain illegal goals call for the reconsideration of its membership in the United Nations. Israel has unequivocally demonstrated, by the heinous massacre it committed in Lebanon and by its continued inhuman and illegal practices in the occupied Arab territories, that it is a Member that is neither able nor willing to carry out its elementary obligations of membership under the Charter. Its membership in the United Nations and all other international organizations should therefore be reconsidered. 61. President Reagan's initiative for peace in the Middle East represents progress in the American position, however, we hope that this