UN General Assembly
1967

164. Israel must have known that the Assembly could not subscribe to such a course, but it presented its ideas none the less, not expecting them to be adopted by this Assembly but in the hope that its intransigence would in the end prevent the United Nations from taking any action, which is really Israel’s aim and purpose. The Israelis undoubtedly hope to achieve this negative purpose with the help and support they confidently expect to receive from some of their powerful friends.