P F Tinmore,
et al,
This is the same argument, that the Arab Palestinian has been mustering for more than half a century. It is, as Ms Lamis Deek and our friend PF Tinmore, does Israel have the right to exist?
Both Ms Deek and PF Tinmore, claim that Israel "does not have" the “right to exist as a Jewish state." Well, in a sense, this is a larger question as to the criteria under which any nation has the right to exist.
She is saying the same thing that I have been saying for years.
(COMMENT)
The question is a "moot point"
(an impractical discussion or irrelevant to the reality); Israel does exist as a Jewish State. The Arab Palestinian has never had an exclusive right to the regional area called Palestine, or an exclusive right to self-determination. Whatever right the Arab Palestinian can claim to have, is mirrored in the rights held by the Israeli in their history of independence and self-rule in the territory now commonly described as Israel; holding a very distinct culture, and having demonstrated the will and capability to establish, defend and maintain governance. Either all peoples have the right to self-determination, including the Israeli, or the "right" is illusionary. If the "right of self-determination" has a boundary, it is that it is a "right" held by the people and not a governing body. And the Jewish People of Israel (the Israeli), has made a determination - for all to see.
The "right to existence" is the inverse function of the hard law pertaining to the prohibition on "Genocide"
(Article 6, Rome Statutes, International Criminal Court, meaning applied to the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group). The Arab Palestinian can claim not right to existence that does not equally apply to the Israeli.
The matter of
General Assembly Resolution 181(II), is equally a "moot point" in that the argument is based on the assumption that the Resolution was not recognized by the UN Security Council. However, it should be noted that the UN Security Council did recommend to the General Assembly that it admit Israel to membership in the United Nations
(S/RES/69 (1949) S/1277 4 March 1949), after the Security Council received and considered the
application of Israel (S/1093 29 November 1948) which was made pursuant to Part I Section F, of General Assembly Resolution 181(II) of November 29, 1947
(" the Jewish State as envisaged in this plan has become effective and the declaration and undertaking, as envisaged in this plan, have been signed by either of them, sympathetic consideration").
On the matter of the legitimacy of General Assembly Resolution 181(II) of November 29, 1947; it was recognized by the Arab Palestinian via its use by the sole representative of the Palestinian People in their
Declaration of Independence of 1988 ("on the basis of the international legitimacy embodied in the resolutions of the United Nations since 1947"), acknowledged again by the
Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations (A/53/879 S/1999/334 25 March 1999)("forge a peace on the basis of coexistence, resolution 181 (II) has become acceptable"), and is used as a principle reference
("Recalling its resolution 181 (II) of 29 November 1947") in the Resolution adopted by the
General Assembly 67/19 (A/RES/67/19 4 December 2012) Status of Palestine in the United Nations wherein the UN accorded to Palestine non-member observer State status in the United Nations. The international recognition of the Resolution has been there all along, and is still used today. It is recognized the hard lined Islamic Resistance Extremist
(both Jihadist and Fedayeen) simply refuse to recognize the legitimacy; but, that is the very nature of extremist.
The rights of self-determination cannot exist for the Arab Palestinian without applying equally to the Israeli. Either they both have the "right" or neither has the "right." It matters not, it is a poor argument. The Jewish State of Israel does exist (today) as a successful, thriving and prosperous - self-governing concern. The State of Palestine, exits (today) --- largely as a failed state.
Today, there are two-states, a successfully Jewish State and a failed Arab State. Forget what Ms Deek has to say; she is nothing more than a virtual victim that is lost on the path to peace resolution. Either the Arab Palestinian wants to turn the situation around and become a successful, thriving and prosperous - self-governing concern --- OR --- they want to continue on the path of a failed state.
Most Respectfully,
R
