Shusha
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Israel was established when the acquisition of land by force was illegal.
Okay. So FINALLY, after twelve pages or so, you give us your core argument as to why Israel has no legal status and is prohibited from being a State. That is: Israel acquired territory by military force, which is illegal in international law.
Please provide references to the language, wording and legal instruments you are using to support this claim. (i.e. Hague Conventions, League of Nations Covenant, Geneva Conventions, UN Charter, etc).
Please confirm exactly which territory Israel "acquired". (i.e. do you mean the entire territory or simply portions of it?)
Please be prepared to compare and contrast other instances of "acquisition of territory by conquest" and their legality. For examples: Morocco/Western Sahara, Indonesia/East Timor, Ethiopia/Eritrea.
On to the counter-arguments then:
The Jewish people had the existing right to self-determination on their ancestral territory.
Israel was established in 1924. She was established under the same rights, conventions and legal instruments which established Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan. These were legal instruments and treaties and not military force.
Israel only used force to protect the Jewish inhabitants of the territory, and to defend herself from foreign invasion, which is permissible, even obligatory, in international law.