THE LIMITS OF ISRAELI POWER
Time for Israel to take control of its future.
June 2, 2017
Caroline Glick
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Perhaps Trump will eventually keep his word and move the embassy. Perhaps he will continue to breach his promise. And as far as the Palestinians are concerned, perhaps Trump adopts Bolton’s three-state plan in relation to Judea, Samaria and Gaza. Perhaps he will maintain his predecessors’ slavish devotion to the establishment of a PLO state.
Israel can’t control what Trump will do any more than it can influence what the Arabs will do. And so it needs to take a lesson not only from its bitter experience of withdrawing from Gaza, but from its positive experience of taking matters into its own hands in Jerusalem.
The time has come, at the outset of the second 50 years of Israeli control over Judea and Samaria, for Israel to take matters into its own hands. Our leaders must stop beating around the bush. They need to use the powers they have to secure Israel’s military and civilian interests in Judea and Samaria for the next 50 years as best they can. And they need to stop waiting for someone else to solve our problems for us.
THE LIMITS OF ISRAELI POWER
Sure why not go ahead and break a few dozen MORE international laws...its all "Israel" has done since its start. The day will come it will be wiped off the map and the world will cheer.
First, learn what International Law actually says.
Second, maybe this article will change, or not, your mind about all the "crimes" Israel has committed and how dearly it is going to pay for them:
(please, no " It is from a Zionist source excuse. Do the homework)
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Both of these resolutions, although they make a bold and stark statement about the legality of the so called “settlements”, are merely political statements.
As I explained at the bottom of a previous article, these resolutions are non-binding under international law. Furthermore, these resolutions are not consistent with objective legal analysis of the subject by world experts on international law.
In order to find Israel’s settlements to be a violation of international law, first, Israel must be considered an occupier of foreign territory. Yet, Israel’s legal claim to the territory in question was recognized by the international community on several occasions. First, the land on both sides of the river Jordan were recognized as part of the Jewish National Home by the
1920 San Remo Conference. This was endorsed by the League of Nations (predecessor to the United Nations) in the
1922 League of Nations Mandate to Britain, and affirmed by
article 80 of the United Nations charter in 1945. When Israel’s leaders declared sovereignty in all territory relinquished by England on May 15, 1948 (including the territory that anti-Israel people call the “West Bank”) it was recognized as the State of Israel by the General Assembly and Security Council by
May1949.
Jordan invaded (along with four other Arab states) and conquered this specific territory in 1949, annexed it in 1950, and gave it a new name: “West Bank” (of the river Jordan). Only two countries in the entire world recognized Jordan’s annexation (England and Pakistan) and not a single Arab country recognized this annexation.
Furthermore,
article 2 of the UN charter forbids the acquisition of territory through war. Thus, Jordan’s acquisition and annexation of the territory was illegal under international law.
(full article online)
Why Israeli Settlements Are Not a Violation of International Law