但多年以来，美国和以色列却从未对多达几十项其他联合国决议发表过任何评论，这种情况最早可以追溯到1947年的第49号决议，该决议要求把巴勒斯坦的托管土地分成两半，分别建立起阿拉伯以及犹太国家。
But for years the US and Israel have not uttered a word about the dozens of UN resolutions, going back as far as Resolution 49 on partition in 1947, which called for the establishment of distinct Arab and Jewish states on roughly half of Mandated Palestine.