reasons, the motives, for which the Group of Arab States, the non-aligned countries, the intarnatfonal axumunity, found it necessary to make the Security Council seized of the gravvf ty of the situation obtaining in the occupied Palestinian territories. The Israeli representative sought to ascribe as almost the sole motive for summoning the Security Gmncil a wish by discuss the incident of a so-called deranged personr as if nothing preceded that incident and nothing follcwed it, 88 if the whole evolving pattern of sustained violence and oppression were t&ally an intrusion into the responsible governance of Israal in the territories. Further, the Israeli representative sought to exc.!ciEW a sort of Vet0 power - &ich, of courser he does not p%xmees - by saying that whatever the Security Council decides, whatever mandate it provides, Israel will not abide by it, thereby setting Israel itself as the countervailing moral, political and gtrategic Power facing the world community. Ja4 /58 S/PV. 2923 25s. (Mr. Maksaudb Naedless to say, that built-in arrogance has been repeatedly condsrrned , and three who are the practitioners of such defiance and sustained contempt have in retrospect passed into the obliviar of history. however, while they functiar and while they are ar&itious in risking history, they becom extrenrely dangerous and utter and articulate ominous threats , and in their threatening pastures - and Only in their threatening postures - they have credibility. Iet me try to point out very briefly ~1 the notiar of the so-called deranged person. We do not kmw - we are ilot the psychiatrists - and we cannot therefore render judgement as to whether F~pper wae deranged a not, but let me assum that he was. It is important then that we inquiret Was %bbi &she Levinger, the head 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a speech or statement made by a representative of a country or organization, addressing the United Nations Security Council about the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories. The language used is formal and diplomatic, with a focus on the political and strategic implications of the situation. The speaker is critical of Israel's actions and seems to be advocating for a particular course of action by the Security Council.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, International relations