Backing up the argument: The effort by some Arab diplomats to draw comparisons between UN action on Israel and Iraq misses the fundamental differences between the different kinds of resolutions in the UN organization. UN General Assembly resolutions are non-binding recommendations that reflect the political currents in the world body. UN Security Council resolutions, however, are understood to be binding. The present effort to draw comparisons between Iraqi non-compliance with Chapter VII UN Security Council resolutions and UN Security Council resolutions on Israel under Chapter VI is baseless. This campaign may have been launched to divert attention away from other states like Syria which violates Chapter VII resolutions with respect to Iraq or with respect to the current American-led campaign against international terrorism. ( See background )