tions to have effect the Security Council must intervene with its implementing power. That has not yet happened, but that is what is needed. The reason why it has not happened is the fact that since adopting its resolution of November 1967 the Council has been deriving patience, if not satisfaction, from two deceptive appearances: first, the cease-fire system has not yet collapsed; secondly, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General assigned to the task by the Security Council is still technically engaged in the peace-making operation. Well, both appearances are deceptive. I shall try to explain why. 129. First, the cease-fire is an interim, transitional stage. It cannot last or be an end in itself. It is not an alternative to a peace based on respect for territorial integrity and freedom from foreign domination. At this moment the cease-fire is based on an abnormal situation. It freezes a situation which is contrary to the very basis of the Charter of the United 13 Nations, a situation in which Israeli forces.occupy an area three times the size of Israel, belonging to three countries Members of the United Nations and inhabited by over a million people. It is imperative for the Council to work against the freezing of the present situation because the freezing of the situation means its swift deterioration. Under the umbrella of this frozen situation, Israel is frantically changing the character of the occupied areas and absorbing them irreversibly. 130. If nothing is done by the Council to halt the Israeli actions in the occupied territories, the goal of peace will continue to be eroded to the point where it could become completely unachievable. Israel will have locked itself in its insatiable greed and self-created vicious circle of violence. 131. So the cease-fire is a deceptive appearance. It cannot 
**Analysis**
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