RE Israel races to head off UN settlement 'blacklist'
※→ P F Tinmore, Hollie, Shusha, et al,
The Map means nothing unless it is supported by evidence of substance and the reality. The Arab Palestinians must present some kind of evidence to sovereignty — apart from there declaration. —The establishes that someone actually exercises the power of government, not just say they have a right to establish such.. The reality is that there is territory. The Israelis have it, and the Arab Palestinians want to take control; but they cannot.
So....you don't know what territory is Israel, but you are sure that the 'settlements' are not in Israel. Hmmmmm. How does that work?
Because, as we already know, they are flagrant violations of international law.
But how can that be? We don't know where Israel is in keeping with international law and we don't know where Israel is in violation of international law because you don't know where Israel is. If you can't define where Israel is then you can not define where Israel is not. Therefore, you can't say she is violating international law where she is not. Because you don't know where that is.
So, just post a 1948 map of Israel and everything outside those borders is Palestine.
Indeed, another "..... because I say so", commandment.
Indeed, this is where you are expected to cut and paste a couple of snippets from the Treaty of Luasanne to bolster your claim to the "Country of Pal'istan" notwithstanding the fact that the Treaty makes no mention of such an imaginary place.
I knew you would duck that one.
(COMMENT)
For several hundred years prior to the defeat of the Ottoman Empire --- the Arab Palestinian did not exercise sovereign control. At the end of the Mandate, the successor government was passed from the British to the UN Palestine Commission.
The Israelis were able to establish a sovereign state under their full authority; and successfully defend it against the Arab League aggressors.
✪ Where and when did the Arab Palestinians establish sovereign control of any territory?
✪ When and where did the Arab Palestinians establish a government able to stand lone?
✪ Where and when did the Israelis take full control over any Arab Palestinian Sovereignty?
There was no Arab Palestinian Sovereignty for the Israelis to take away...
There was no stand alone Arab Palestinian government for the for the Israelis to deal with.
There was no stand-alone, autonomous and self-supporting government for the Israelis to replace.
Where and when did the Israelis usurp anything from the Arab Palestinians?
I hear this argument quite frequently claiming that the Arab Palestinian has the right to defend their country. They try to use the Nationality clause in the Treaty of Lausanne. But that only establishes that the Arab Palestinians have the right to Mandate Authority Citizenship. It does not make mention of any territory or political subdivision called "Palestine;" or the distribution of such a territory.
Most Respectfully,
R