P F Tinmore, et al,
I think there is a little bit of a delusion here.
The Treaty of Lausanne gave citizenship to the Palestinians, and nobody else, in Palestine.
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• Article 16 grants rights and title to the Allied Powers.
• Nowhere, in the entire Treaty, are the Palestinians mentioned by name...
• The Treaty dealt with "nationalities," again not specifically mentioning the Palestinians.
• The Treaty set the authorization to for Mandatories to develop citizenship procedures.
• The citizenship of all those within the boundary defined by the Mandatory, was established under the criteria of the "Palestine Citizenship Order."
The British wanted to create a Jewish national home in Palestine. The Palestinians rejected it, and after 30 years of occupation, Britain left failing to accomplish their goal.
The UN proposed partitioning Palestine. The Palestinians rejected the plan so the UN did not implement it.
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Success or failure are merely outcome of "an attempt to accomplish." It has nothing to do with the evaluating an "intent to achieve" as either right or wrong.
The many rejections of the Arab Palestinians to participate in the in the "Article 22(2): and the "practical effect to this principle is that the tutelage" DOES NOT preclude by estoppel the separate and distinct intention of the Allied Powers to establish a Jewish National Home.
The UN states that the Palestinians, in Palestine, have the right to self determination without external interference. The right to independence and sovereignty.
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The basic application pertaining to the "right to self determination without external interference" is found in Chapter I or the UN Charter. It applied to everyone, and is not exclusive to the Arab Palestinian. This included the Jewish People who, after participation in the Article 22(2) Tutalage in the assistance in the administration of the Government of Palestine (which the Arab Palestinian rejected), Declared Independence.
Even today the Palestinians, and their supporters around the world, reject Israel's so called right to exist and are demanding Palestinian rights. Israel, and its supporters, have dumped hundreds of millions of dollars and other mass resources to counter this claim.
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Rejecting the "so called right to exist" DOES NOT change the reality that the Jewish State of Israel does exist.
• The political existence of the state is independent of recognition by the other states.
• Recognition is unconditional and irrevocable.
• The PLO (sole representative of the Palestinian People) recognizes the right of the State of Israel to exist in peace and security. (1993)
It exists and it is over. Just because you don't like it, does not mean your observation has a legal implication.
The Palestinians have fought an uphill battle against Israel and its super power supporters to defend their country. Lesser people would have lost long ago.
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Well, this is twisting a bit. Until 1988, there was no country under the Sovereignty of the Arab Palestinian.
The Arab Palestinian sets their own course in destiny, and define themselves by word and deed.
• They define themselves as participating in Jihad and Armed Struggle.
• The HoAP, representing the Arab Palestinian in their Jihadism, Deadly Fedayeen Action, Hostile Insurgency Operations, Radicalized Islamic Behaviors, and Asymmetric Violence, have participated in massacres, aircraft hijackings, piracy, suicide attacks, bombing, kidnapping and murder (just to name a few). And the general population of Arab Palestinians overwhelming support the bloodthirsty culture of the various HoAP; providing financial and material support.
It was never their country to defend. You keep saying that, but the Arab Palestinians did not exercise their sovereignty over any territory pre-1988 Declaration of Independence by the sole and legitimate representative of the Palestinian People.
Most Respectfully,
R