compensation for their losses. While Israel stubbornly denied justice to the Palestinians it was inviting Jews from all over the world, on the sheer basis of religion, to emigrate and settle in the homes of the Palestinian Arabs. It followed that the Arab States withheld their recognition of this unjust situation. It also followed that the Israelis had to pursue their logic of force to its necessary conclusion. Hence the war of 1967, a dramatic expansion of earlier limited attacks on the neighbouring Arab States, which brought under Israeli occupation substantial territories and masses of people belonging to three, Arab States. 137. The Israeli pretexts for the war of I967 are im- material. The supreme fact is that the impulse of force and militarism has governed Israel’s approaches to the problems it created with its neighbours. In the origin of the problem Israel totally ignored the rights and even the existence of the Palestinian Arabs when it commanded enough military power. Later it resisted any just solution to their tragedy for two decades, under the shield of its own or imported power. Finally, it sought to silence the protests of the neighbouring Arabs by a massive military conquest, be- lieving that force was the way to break the back of the complex political. human, ethical, emotional and geo- political problems it had created with its neighbours. By its intransigent and negative posture today it is escaping again from a constructive solution to a violent confrontation. 138. But the logic of force is self-defeating. If the Israeli Ieadership today does not know it, the Security Council must. That is why the Council cannot, in fairness, accept the role of an observer in this situation. The United Nations is a party. It is not a third party. It cannot remain silent 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a political analysis of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, discussing the historical context, the role of force and militarism, and the implications for international relations. The language used is formal and diplomatic, suggesting a connection to international organizations or governments. The text does not mention economic development, natural resources, or specific industries, but rather focuses on the political and social aspects of the conflict.

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