P F Tinmore
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Who Are The Palestinians? Part 2
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Let's see if I both in one shot; and not an evasive "yes."
Such as?The Hostile Arab Palestinians (HoAP) attempt to camouflage and conceal the injustice and moral deviance of their continued struggle outside the boundaries to the Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Co-operation among States; as well as the Disputed resolution process.Only that inside their international borders.The HoAP also believe that they have the right to take by force that territory (in fact any territory) they have determined is theirs.
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The current voice that claims to speak for the Arab Palestinians is:
Logo is link → SoP/PLO-NAD
(COMMENT)State of Palestine - Negotiation Affairs said:
- Historic Palestine (pre-1948) encompasses all of Israel, the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and Jerusalem. In 1922, historic Palestine was placed under a British Mandate by the League of Nations.
- In 1947, the United Nations General Assembly recommended the partitioning of Palestine, against the wishes of the majority of our inhabitants. The Partition Plan allocated 55 percent of Palestine to a Jewish state. At the time, the Jewish population living in Palestine represented only one third of the total population and owned less than seven percent of the land.
In every piece of good propaganda, there are splinters of truth framed in a misdirection.
√ Carefully worded, it the first bullet says the pre-1948 territory was "encompasses all of Israel, the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and Jerusalem" (TRUE as far as it goes.) But then next it says "In 1922, historic Palestine was placed under a British Mandate by the League of Nations." (Close enough to the TRUTH) But is misleading to think that the Mandate consisted only of "Israel, the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and Jerusalem." This little misdirection becomes important when the discussion shits to percentages. But in point of fact Trans-Jordan was included into the Mandate.
Paragraph 2 said:His Britannic Majesty is the Mandatory for Transjordan to which the terms of the mandate for Palestine, with the exception of the provisions dealing with the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people, are applicable. (SOURCE: REPORT BY HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT ON THE ADMINISTRATION UNDER MANDATE OF PALESTINE 1924)
(COMMENT)State of Palestine - Negotiation Affairs said:
- During the June 1967 war, Israel militarily occupied the remaining 22 percent of historic Palestine, comprising the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, No Man’s Land, and the Gaza Strip. Only two weeks after the war’s end, Israel unilaterally annexed East Jerusalem, applying Israeli law to the Palestinian half of the city. Within one month, Israel began building illegal settlements in the occupied State of Palestine, in direct violation of international law. The international community immediately rejected Israel’s illegal annexation of the occupied Palestinian territory and continues to do so today. Up to 2014, Israel has illegally transferred more than 600,000 settlers into the occupied State of Palestine. More than 200,000 settler of those are residing illegally in East Jerusalem.
Let's get the percentages understood here.
• Before the 1948 Independence of Israel:
≈ 77% Of the Mandate was allocated to be an Arab autonomous government of Trans-Jordan• After the 1948 War of Independence for Israel:
≈ 23% The remainder of the territory yet to be allocated.
≈ 12.6% of the original Mandate Territory was apportioned and claimed independent by Israel.
≈ 10.4% of the original Mandate Territory remained unallocate/unapportioned. This unallocate portion of the original Mandate included the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem.
(COMMENT)State of Palestine - Negotiation Affairs said:
- Since 2002, Israel has been constructing its Wall in the occupied State of Palestine, grabbing more Palestinian land in an attempt to unilaterally set its borders. Israel has de-facto annexed land that falls between the 1967 border and the Wall by severely restricting Palestinian access to these areas while at the same time facilitating Israeli access to them. In October 2003, Israel declared as “closed zones” all of the land that falls between the 1967 border and the Wall in the northern West Bank, requiring that Palestinian obtain hard-to-come-by Israeli permits to continue to live on, or otherwise access, their land in these areas.
√ "Wall in the occupied State of Palestine, grabbing more Palestinian land in an attempt to unilaterally set its borders."
⇒ The construct of the Security Barrier that would run near the “Green Line” between Israel and the West Bank was an attempt to prevent Hostile Arab Palestinians (HoAP) from infiltrating Israel and conducting terrorist operations intentionally directed against Israeli citizens.(IF -THEN STATEMENT)
⇒ Any sovereign state (including Israel) has - not simply the right to protect itself, but a duty to protect its citizens from harm.
⇒ Any sovereign state (including Israel) has a right to control its borders. It is not a matter of allowing (or not allowing) Arab Palestinians access to traverse the border (in either direction). It is a matter of controlling the border to minimize the threat posed by HoAP.
⇒ The "Green Line" was not a 1967 Border between Israel and the State of Palestine. It was an Armistice Line between the forces of Israel and Jordan. While many people make reference to the former Armistice Line as a 1967 Border, that Armistice Line became meaningless in 1967 when Jordanian Forces were routed back across the Jordan River. The Armistice Line, pursuant to Article XII(2) of the General Armistice Agreement, dissolved when: "a peaceful settlement between the Parties is achieved" which occurred with the Treaty of Peace Between The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan And The State of Israel October 26, 1994. The treaty established the "International Boundary" between Jordan and Israel in Article 3 (and Annex I).
⇒ The West Bank and Jerusalem were abandoned into the hands of Israel (terra nullius) in August 1988, after Jordan cut all ties with the West Bank.
√ Now the PLO-NAD contends: "The 1967 border, which is defined as the 1949 Armistice Line along with all legal modification thereto up to June 4th 1967, is the internationally-recognized border between Israel and the occupied State of Palestine."
⇒ IF that is true, THEN there is no border since the Armistice Agreement says n Article XII:√ Now the PLO-NAD contends: "A basic principle of international law is that no state may acquire territory by force. Israel has no valid claim to any part of the territory it occupied in 1967."
2. This Agreement, having been negotiated and concluded in pursuance of the resolution of the Security Council of 16 November 1948 calling for the establishment of an armistice in order to eliminate the threat to the peace in Palestine and to facilitate the transition from the present truce to permanent peace in Palestine, shall remain in force until a peaceful settlement between the Parties is achieved except as provided in paragraph 3 of this article.
⇒ I know that many of you heard this, over and over again. That is not what the basic prohibition says:
Israel did not acquire any territory by force from the Arab Palestinian. Israel took effective control over the territory from the Jordanians. In 1988, Israel maintained control after Jordan abandoned the West Bank.UNSC Resolution A/RES/242 said:Emphasizing: the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war and the need to work for a just and lasting peace in which every State in the area can live in security,
Various Sources as Annoted said:
- UN Charter (1945) Article 2: Paragraph 3: “All Members shall settle their international disputes by peaceful means in such a manner that peace and security, and justice are not endangered.”
- UN Charter (1945) Article 2: Paragraph 4: “All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.”
- Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Co-operation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations (1970) Principle 1: “Every State has the duty to refrain in its international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State, or in any other manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations. Such a threat or use of force constitutes a violation of international law and the Charter of the United Nations and shall never be employed as a means of settling international issues.“
Most Respectfully,
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That is how Israel acquired all of its territory in 1948."A basic principle of international law is that no state may acquire territory by force.