I never saw the point in passing resolutions condemning certain acts. Could someone explain to me what they do? Does a country get a timeout if some resolution condemning their act passes?

I do not understand the relationship between Israel and Palestine at the moment, and I'm not talking about who has the god given right to live on the land or what happened in 1947. As far as I'm concerned, those boundaries were drawn into existence and none of those nation states have ever walked up to the boundary and planted their flag there. But that is what we've lived with for years and that is what we accept at the present. It's also unclear to me whether Israel has declared war against the state of Palestine, or if there has been any hint that Palestine has officially laid claim to any part of the west bank. (BTW, what's there?) So, as I have so clearly stated in this paragraph, I don't know.

Kuan