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GauthierÂ’s thesis is 1200 pages, weighs 10 pounds and contains over 3200 footnotes.Gauthier has presented his findings to the Japanese parliament, the House of Commons in London, the European parliament in Brussels and a congressional committee in Washington. Gauthier, who is Christian, said that he became interested in JerusalemÂ’s status after traveling to the city in 1982-1983.
Gauthier begins his overview of the issues with Theodore Herzl in 1896-1897 and the Balfour Declara
Gauthier says that the San Remo Conference was the “final hearing” of a “world court,” the council of the five leading nations and victors of World War I. The “case” before the “court” began at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, where both the Jews and the Arabs of the Middle East submitted claims to the council to obtain independence and control of various territories. Gauthier calls April 24-25 in San Remo the “key defining moment in history” on the issue of title to Jerusalem and says that Chaim Weizmann called the decision the “most important moment for the Jewish people since the exile.”
Gauthier is not the first scholar to cite these conferences as supporting Jewish rights to Jerusalem. However, what is distinct about GauthierÂ’s claim is the argument that the conference is a singular and decisive legal event that wipes out all competing legal events.
So Vic67 --- you got a 1200 page, 10 pound PhD thesis that says different???
A 10 pound sack of shit!
Jackyboy is wrong on several points.
First off, the "Balfour Declaration" was made with the caveat that Zionists could create a "jewish state" in Palestine, provided that they respect the inalienable rights of the indigenous, non-Jewish population.
"His Majesty's Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine"
- Arthur James Balfour, 2 November 1917
Secondly, when the League of Nations dissolved, they transferred all their responsibility and authority over to the United Nations. So that rap about the Mandate superseding current UN resolutions, is a bunch of crap! UNSC resolutions are binding and they take precedence over any outdated League of Nations Mandate.
And third, resolution 242 tells Israel to get the **** out of the "occupied territories". East Jerusalem is part of those occupied territories. 242 is very clear that Israel must vacate all the territories it seized during the '67 war.
And finally, Theodore Herzl is a major asshole, just like most Zionists.