RE: Palestine Today
⁜→ P F Tinmore, et al,
This is not a sanctioned symposium by any officiating authority. This is a quasi-activist organization; merely attempting to auction themselves off as being an authority.
Israel Palestine International Law Symposium: One State or Two?
(PANELIST)
• Lawyer, journalist and activist.
• Professor of Political Science at Southern Illinois University
• Associate Professor of Law, University of Western Ontario
(COMMENT)
This is, from the very beginning, is an attempt to present an
argumentum ad passiones without an opposing view
(ie "unbalanced or totally one-sided) and heavily relies on the capture of the emotion in the target audience.
You will no doubt notice that the first speaker
(lawyer, journalist and activist) harped on the point that the Fourth Geneva Convention (
GCIV) however, the speaker made a specific point to impress the idea that the Arab Palestinians were protected person and victims under the
GCIV. Not once did the speaker allude to the fact that in 1967:
◈ The Israeli capture of the West Bank was actually the occupation of Jordanian Sovereign Territory (not Palestinian Territory). And that in 1988, the Jordanians abandon the West Bank and Jerusalem into the hands of the Israelis, cutting all ties (legal and political) knowing the only authority remaining was that of the Israelis.
◈ The GCIV make the Arab Palestinian
(protected person or not) liable to internment or simple imprisonment for:
✦ The attempt on the life or limb of members of the occupying forces or administration.
✦ Vandelism and damage the property of the occupying forces or administration.
✦ Espionage, of serious acts of sabotage against the military installations of the Occupying Power.
✦ Intentional offences which have caused the death of one or more persons (no matter what their status).
The entire symposium goes on and on in this fashion. If you are into this perspective or need to reinforce your anti-Israeli approach, then this is the video for you.

Most Respectfully,
R