pbel
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P F Tinmore, et al,
I think there is a misunderstanding as to the "right of self-determination" and what it is.
(COMMENT)Good point. Rights are inherent not granted.
The right of "Self-Determination" is "the right of all peoples to be able to determine their own political future and also to be able to pursue their economic, social and cultural development and ambitions;" a freely expressed will of the peoples, not to be confused with secession of the state.
For a new state to be formed from another state there needs to be "consent of the parent state." The UN, as the trustee of the territory, acted on behalf of the World Body as that parent by Treaty and Mandate. The sovereignty of the existing State of Israel must be respected and its territorial integrity must be upheld. Palestinian Self-determination must duly comply with the principles of sovereignty exercised by Israel.
Nothing in the Palestinian "right of self-determination" should be construed as authorizing or encouraging any action which would dismember or impair the State of Israel with regard to its territorial integrity or the political unity. And by the same token, Israel has not, without just cause - demonstrated by threat, intimidation and direct lethal hostile action, limited the ability of the Palestinian to determine its own political future and pursue their economic, social and cultural development and ambitions; except as has been necessary to protect and defend the sovereignty of the existing State of Israel.
What does this mean in practical terms?
The Palestinians have NO inherent right to the territory, under the boundaries established by the former British Mandate. That territory is NOT an indivisible territorial unit. The Arab-Palestinian people possess no legal right to this territory (the entirety) and have NO right to determine the destiny already under the sovereignty of the State of Israel.
Most Respectfully,
R
Again, you go off on a tangent...Show us the docs that the UN took over Sovereignty as a de-facto "Parent State, for the ME?"
Sure would like to see what the West concocted?
The second point, what Israeli Sovereignty over Palestine. Are you making this stuff up?
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