UN security council resolution 242, adopted in November 1967, called for the withdrawal of Israel's armed forces "from territories occupied in the recent conflict" and recognition of the right for all to live in peace "within secure and recognised boundaries free from threats or acts of force".
The letter to protesters, which was sent on Friday, said the university's response has so far been "reasonable and proportionate" and that it still hoped for a peaceful resolution and discussions.
In mediation practices going back hundreds of years, they have perfected conflict resolution techniques to negotiate rivalries and blood feuds.
Around this table two years ago we were divided over Iraq, but by June 2003 there was in place a new UN resolution, a new UN-backed political process to give democracy to Iraqis, which they want, as 8.5 million of them showed by voting for it.
Though DeMint was referring specifically to the Affordable Care Act, a law the Heritage Foundation is urging Congress to defund in next month's continuing resolution, his comments could also apply to existing programs that have more direct government involvement than the ACA.
He said: "We have a desire to learn from other conflict resolution processes and, if possible, to be helpful to those who want to build peace" but that republicans did not want to interfere with the affairs of other countries.
During an appearance at the National Press Club in Canberra on Wednesday, the shadow treasurer was asked whether Labor's national conference should pass a similar policy resolution on the Middle East to the one passed by the NSW state conference in 2014.
The professor's opinion ran contrary to the legal advice that the Attorney General was receiving from the Foreign Office, which had expressed doubts about the legality of invading Iraq based on UN resolution 1441.
The timing of the unusual intervention is striking, coming as the US secretary of state, John Kerry pressed his message that Washington sought a peaceful resolution.
