P F Tinmore,
et al,
No one said anything about denying the Arab-Palestine the Right of Self-Determination.
P F Tinmore,
et al,
OK, and who was the government for that country?
The Mandate called Palestine a country about ten different times.
That country.
(COMMENT)
It was not an Arab Country, it was the Mandate of Palestine.
The Palestine Order in Council PART I. - PRELIMINARY said:
Title.1. This Order may be cited as "The Palestine Order in Council, 1922."
The limits of this Order are the territories to which the Mandate for Palestine applies, hereinafter described as Palestine.
Definitions.2. In this Order the word:--
"Secretary of State" means one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State.
"The High Commissioner" shall include every person for the time being administering the Government of Palestine.
SOURCE: The Palestine Order in Council
If you consider it a country in the literal sense, then the government of that country was the British "High Commissioner;" and not the Arab Palestinian. That is, until 15 May 1948 when the
"Successor Government" was appointed.
Most Respectfully,
R
Britain, as the appointed mandate, was to guide the Palestinians to independence. Britain violated its mandate. That does not negate the Palestinian's right to independence.
(COMMENT)
As I recall,
General Assembly Resolution 181(II) made the offer to both sides, for the establishment of both a Jewish and Arab State.
EXCERPT - UNPC FIRST MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL said:
The invitation extended by the resolution was promptly accepted by the Government of the United Kingdom and by the Jewish Agency for Palestine, both of which designated representatives to assist the commission. The representative designated by the Government of the United Kingdom was Sir Alexander Cadogan. The representative designated by the Jewish Agency for Palestine was Mr. Moshe Shertok. As regards the Arab Higher Committee, the following telegraphic response was received by the Secretary-General on 19 January:
“ARAB HIGHER COMMITTEE IS DETERMINED PERSIST IN REJECTION PARTITION AND IN REFUSAL RECOGNIZE UNO RESOLUTION THIS RESPECT AND ANYTHING DERIVING THEREFROM. FOR THESE REASONS IT IS UNABLE ACCEPT INVITATION”
No further communication has been addressed to or received from the Arab Higher Committee by the Commission. The Commission will, at the appropriate time, set forth in a separate document its views with regard to the implementations of this refusal by the Arab Higher Committee.
SOURCE: A/AC.21/7 29 January 1948
Now --- of course, the Hostile Arab Palestinian (HoAP) had every right to decline
(a declination is also exercising their right to self determination). But the UN did lead them towards independence, it is just that the HoAP decided it wasn't enough,
declared genocide, and went to war. It was two decades later that the HoAP decided that they would exercise their "right to self-determination" and recognize the "international legitimacy embodied in the
resolutions of the United Nations since 1947 [GA/RES/181(II)].
No one denied the Palestinian's right to independence. The HoAP, rejected independence, threw a temper tantrum, declared genocide, and opted to exercise the use of force to acquire territory by military means to which they were not apportioned, and defy the implementation of the 1947 Resolution. The HoAP lost and are saddened now about the consequence.
But let's be clear. No one denied the Palestinian's right to independence.
Statement of 6 February 1948 Communicated to the Secretary-General by Mr. Isa Nakhleh said:
13. In conclusion, the Arab Higher Committee Delegation wishes to stress the following:
(a) The Arabs of Palestine will never recognise the validity of the extorted partition recommendations or the authority of the United Nations to make them.
... ... ...
(g) The Arabs of Palestine made a solemn declaration before the United Nations, before God and history, that they will never submit or yield to any power going to Palestine to enforce partition. The only way to establish partition is first to wipe them out — man, woman and child.
I beg to remain, etc.
/s/ Isa Nakhleh
Representative of the
Arab Higher Committee
SOURCE: A/AC.21/10 16 February 1948
The Jewish People, after having been liberated from Treblinka, Sajmište, Maly Trostenets, Majdanek, Janowska, Chełmno, Bełżec, and Auschwitz-Birkenau, in 1945, were now threatened by a second Holocaust in early 1948; declared by the HoAP. Such a threat probably had a significant impact on the consequences we see today; with "seven million Palestinian refugees; the majority of whom live within 100 kilometers (62 miles) of Israel’s border." (PLO-NAD Figures)
Any culture or people that openly advocates genocide, and attempts to carry the threat out through armed incursion and aggression
(demonstrating the intent), can not claim the moral high ground and complain because they lost the conflict. And they are despicable for attempting to hide behind legal trickery to justify their continued stance as the virtual victim that attempted to destroy a sovereign state established under international guidance.
Most Respectfully,
R
