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Blair's Remarks Comparing UN Resolutions on Iraq and Israel Coordinated with U.S.
(Ha'aretz) Aluf Benn - A report reaching Jerusalem indicates that British Prime Minister Tony Blair coordinated his remarks Tuesday on Iraqi and Israeli compliance with UN resolutions with the U.S. government "right up to the last comma." Blair also called for renewed Israeli-Palestinian negotiations for a final status accord by year's end and referred to an Israeli withdrawal to the 1967 borders. Israeli officials insisted that no comparison should be drawn between UN resolutions which pertain to Israel and those which apply to Iraq. Security Council resolutions on the Israeli-Arab dispute are based on section 6 of the UN charter, and are not binding. In contrast, resolutions on Iraq derive from section 7, and are compulsory and binding.