P F Tinmore,
et al,
Relative to an "inalienable right" --- it is never "offered." It is either "used" or "not used" --- "exercised" or "not exercised." It is a right exclusive ---
"conditio sine qua non" --- "self determination without external interference"
(independence and sovereignty) can not have happened unless the Hostile Arab Palestinian (HoAP) exercise the right first.
RoccoR said:
In the case of the contemporary Hostile Arab Palestinian (HoAP), the "right of self-determination" (meaning sovereignty and independence) was abandon and/or rejected relative to several offerings prior to 1948,
When were the Palestinians offered:
The right to self determination without external interference.
The right to independence and sovereignty.
The right to territorial integrity.
Prior to 1948, or ever?
(COMMENT)
As America has experienced many times
(most recently in Afghanistan and Iraq), no one can hand any culture or people "independence and sovereignty" unless they are willing to make the effort to sustain it and maintain it. The HoAP have never been able to establish independence
(the ability to stand alone) --- and --- sustain it and maintain it
(not for more than a thousand years). At the rate they are progressing, we will not see that in my lifetime.
When were the Palestinians offered their "rights?" Never! They always had them --- never lost them. They never developed to that point in their culture that they understood how to apply it; just as today - they do not understand the importance of the progressive development and codification of the principles of international law concerning friendly relations and co-operation among States. And in their child-like frustration to apply them they morphed into the HoAP.
Most Respectfully,
R