UN General Assembly
1967

115. May I suggest respectfully, however, that the vital question, "What is at issue?" is not the same question as the one, "What caused the war?". We could go back for many years in time and discuss many different conditions, events and influences which have a bearing on the present situation, and it is true that we will not understand the nature of the conflict, nor will we have a hope of eventually achieving a just and lasting peace, unless we study the causes in that sense. But, surely, the immediate and relevant question arose with the outbreak of hostilities. There was a fire, and the question whether the fire should be fought or whether it should be allowed to take its course without any arm being raised to check its on-rush became the new issue.