Summary
The Security Council resolution adopted on 18 December 1992, the day after Israel deported 415 Palestinian civilians to southern Lebanon, strongly condemning the deportation, demanding the safe and immediate return of the deportees, and requesting the Secretary-General to consider dispatching a representative to follow up with the Government of Israel (Origins and Evolution of the Palestine Problem: Part V (1989-2000), PDF p.23).
Details
- The deportation of 17 December 1992, of Palestinians suspected of involvement with Hamas and Islamic Jihad, was the largest deportation by Israel since the 1967 war, as the study records it; Lebanon refused the deportees entry and a tent camp was established (PDF p.23).
- The Secretary-General’s report of 25 January 1993 (S/25149) noted Israel’s continued refusal to comply; the study quotes him that the refusal “challenges the authority of the Security Council” and that he would be failing in his duty if he did not recommend that the Council take whatever measures are required to ensure that its unanimous decision, as set out in resolution 799, is respected (PDF p.23).
- A February 1993 agreement between the United States and Israel provided for the immediate repatriation of 100 of the 415 deportees and the remainder by the end of the year; the final 197 remaining Palestinians returned on 15 December 1993, while 18 activists chose to remain in Lebanon (note 30/, PDF p.24).
Related pages
Origins and Evolution of the Palestine Problem: Part V (1989-2000), Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Fourth Geneva Convention