The World - News from Feb. 20, 1985
The U.N. Human Rights Commission adopted two resolutions charging Israel with human rights violations in occupied Arab territories and calling on the Security Council to impose sanctions on Israel. The United States was the only country to oppose both resolutions, declaring parts of them “grossly distorting.” The two resolutions condemned Israel’s settlements in the territories and what it called mass arrests, torture of prisoners and the confiscation or demolition of Arab property.
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