RE: Palestine Today
※→ P F Tinmore, et al,
Well. that did not have an actual real-world impact. For more than three decades the citizens could travel on Jordanian Passports.
Jordan ruled over the West Bank from 1948 until 1967. Jordan's annexation was never formally recognized by the international community, with the exception of the
United Kingdom.
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As I have said many times, without regard to what the UN or the US might have preferred, Jordan DID annex the Old City → East Jerusalem → and the West Bank. Just as true, the Hashemite Kingdom cut all ties with these very same select territories, leaving these very same select territories → exclusively in the effective control of the Israelis.
NOW, there is this "legal fallacy"
(an error in reasoning on the actual reality) wherein the official stance of → much of the international community DOES NOT RECOGNIZE Israeli sovereignty over territories known as the → Old City → East Jerusalem → and the West Bank → with the common intent that such annexations have no legal validity no matter where they occur.
But the actual reality is plain for all to see.
Palestinians have the right: (According to the UN.) To self-determination without external interference. To independence and sovereignty. To territorial integrity.
The violation of those rights by foreign powers do not negate those rights.
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Fundamentally, positive rights require others to provide you with either a good or service. A negative right, on the other hand, only requires others to abstain from interfering with your actions. If we are free and equal by nature, and if we believe in negative rights, any positive rights would have to be grounded in consensual arrangements.
NEGATIVE RIGHTS
✪ If "sovereignty (etc)" is a negative right, then the "International community" has an obligation to keep Israelis from preventing Arab Palestinians from acquiring "sovereignty."
✪ If "personal wealth" is a negative right, then the "government" has an obligation to keep "COMPETITORS" from preventing ME from acquiring "personal wealth." I am allowed to work as hard and as much as I want in an pursuit of wealth; free from interference and discrimination.
POSTIVE RIGHTS
✪ If "sovereignty (etc)" is a positive right, then the "government" has an obligation to provide it for the Arab Palestinian. The "government" must take the territory from one sovereign control and give it to "Arab Palestinian."
✪ If "personal wealth" is a positive right, then the "government" has an obligation to provide the wealth for the Arab Palestinian. The "government" must take the "wealth" from other people and give it to "Arab Palestinian." (Redistribution of Wealth)
In the situation under "negative rights," there is a competitive nature and work involved. But in the situation of "positive right," there is no value assigned. It is the "On A Silver Platter" Rule.
√ The Difference between Postive Rights and Negative Rights.
√ Negative vs. Positive Rights.
Most Respectfully,
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