RE: Palestinian Talks, lectures, & interviews
⁜→ P F Tinmore,
BLUF: Again, this is wrong. As has been pointed out so many times before:
The Treaty of Lausanne does NOT even mention "Palestine" anywhere in the text. The Treaty specifically states^ that:
Turkey hereby renounces all rights and title whatsoever over or respecting the territories situated outside the frontiers laid down in the present Treaty and the islands other than those over which her sovereignty is recognised by the said Treaty, the future of these territories and islands being settled or to be settled by the parties concerned.
The Treaty of Lausanne is 'Binding" on the parties^^ to the Treaty. Neither Israel
(a full member in the UN since 1949) or the current State of Palestine
(a Non-Member Observer Member in the UN since 2012) denied full membership last actioned in 2015, were binding parties to the Treaty^^^ when the Treaty went into force.
It should be noted at this point, realtive to the "Tinmore Claim" → that Palestine was already a defined territory, that the Allied Powers has previously agreed^^^^ that:
Whereas the Principal Allied Powers have agreed, for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations, to entrust to a Mandatory selected by the said Powers the administration of the territory of Palestine, which formerly belonged to the Turkish Empire, within such boundaries as may be fixed by them; and
Whereas the Principal Allied Powers have also agreed that the Mandatory should be responsible for putting into effect the declaration originally made on November 2nd, 1917, by the Government of His Britannic Majesty, and adopted by the said Powers, in favour of the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, it being clearly understood that nothing should be done which might prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country; and
BLUF NOTES
^: Territorial Section,
Article 16 Treaty of Lausanne (24 July 1923)
^^: Article 2(1g)
Vienna Convention Law Treaties (1969 - EIF:1980)
^^^: Article 1(2a)
Vienna Convention Law Treaties (1969 - EIF:1980)
^^^^: The
San Remo Convention (1920) of the Allied Powers
Palestine was already a defined territory. The Palestinians already had nationality and citizenship. That should not have to be reiterated. It was the Jews who had to be fit in there somehow.
(COMMENT)
There has been a very unenlightened strategy for the pro_Arab Palestinians to Kling to the opening of the Nationality Section,
Article 30 Treaty of Lausanne (24 July 1923). This Article stipulates that:
Turkish subjects habitually resident in territory which in accordance with the provisions of the present Treaty is detached from Turkey will become ipsofacto, in the conditions laid down by the local law, nationals of the State to which such territory is transferred.
This is based on the decisions as to the final disposition of the territory. The Treaty did not make the final disposition of Palestine. That was a decision, at that time, yet to be made by the Allied Powers. And again, it should be noted, as a comment made in previous contributions, that:
Later in 1923, a third attempt was made to establish an institution through which the Arab population of Palestine could be brought into cooperation with the government. The mandatory Power now proposed “the establishment of an Arab Agency in Palestine which will occupy a position exactly analogous to that accorded to the Jewish Agency”. The Arab Agency would have the right to be consulted on all matters relating to immigration, on which it was recognised that “the views of the Arab community were entitled to special consideration”. The Arab leaders declined that this offer on the ground that it would not satisfy the aspirations of the Arab people.
No matter what the reasoning, the fact remains that the Arab Higher Committee did REJECT multiple offers - the very same offers made to the Jewish Agency which they ACCEPTED, that ultimately lead to the creations of the Jewish State. And
IF there is fault to be found or disappointment in the outcome of the historical path on the way to self-determination and the institution of self-government,
THEN that fault rests at the feet of the Arab Palestinians.
All this whining by the Arab Palestinians about how they were so mistreated, is uncalled-for. They were treated the same and had the portal the accomplish what the Jewish Agency actually did accomplish, BUT made an informed choice not to enter. They should shut-up and change their direction if they want to recover any opportunity for a self-governing institution that can sustain itself.
And they need to disavow the Islamic Resistance Movement (HAMAS) and the National Palestinian Authority (mostly Fatah) which are based upon political success through conflict:
◈ There is no solution for the Palestinian question except through Jihad.
◈ Armed struggle is the only way to liberate Palestine.
By embracing HAMAS or Fatah, gives them both unearned recognition and credibility; saying to the world - terrorism is a winning strategy
(Article 9, Palestinian National Charter, PMW).

Most Respectfully,
R