RE: Palestinians Massing At The Israeli Border
⁜→ P F Tinmore, et al,
Slow on the up-take are you???
Ahhh, Israel's old "there is no Palestine" canard.


Palestine was never free from occupation. Occupations do not acquire sovereignty. It remains in the hands of the people.
It is well documented when Israel occupied Palestine but I have seen no documents of Israel legally acquiring clear title to that land.
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✪ POINT ONE:
◈ In contemporary times, Palestine did not become occupied until the Armistice of Mudros. For nearly 800 years prior, it was Sovereign to the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (not the people).
◈ In contemporary times, the territory established as Palestine, under Mandatory Government, came under Civil Administration in 1920 when the Occupied Enemy Territory Administration (OETA) stood-down.
✪ POINT TWO:
◈ In contemporary times, Palestine was entrust to a Mandatory,
◈ In contemporary times, was a Political Entity created by the Allied Powers Powers,
◈ In contemporary times, was establish within such boundaries as may be fixed by the Allied Powers,
◈ In contemporary times, no documentation is actually rerequired for Title and Rights. Territorial Sovereignty is the right of a State (self-determination and territorial integrity) over its own territory, to the exclusion of any other States, the functions of a State.
◈ In contemporary times,
✪ POINT THREE:
◈ In contemporary times, portions of the territory to which the Mandate for Palestine applied was occupied in 1948 by the Jordanian and Egyptian Governments.
✦ The West Bank and Jerusalem was Occupied by the (Arab) Hashemite Kingdom.
✦ The Gaza Strip was Occupied by the Egyptian Government.
◈ In contemporary times (1967), the portions of the territory occupied in 1948 by the Jordanian and Egyptian Governments came under the effective control of Israel.
✦ The West Bank and portions of Jerusalem became Jordanian territory occupied by Israel.
✦ The Gaza Strip became The Egyptian Military Governorship occupied by Israel.
✪ POINT FOUR:
◈ In contemporary times, the Arab Palestinians did not declare independence until 1988.
The Palestine National Council hereby declares,
in the Name of God and on behalf of the Palestinian Arab people,
the establishment of the State of Palestine
in the land of Palestine
with its capital at Jerusalem.
✦ Territory undefined (other than to say "in the land of Palestine").
✦ No territory brought under Palestinian Control.
◈ In very recent times, the undefiend territory was granted non-member observer state status.
✦ Territory undefined (other than to say "in the land of Palestine").
✦ Specifically stipulated "without prejudice to the PLO [PLO sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people - LAS Rabat Summit - resolution (28 October 1974)].
The Arab Palestinian People, unable to form a coherent Government, speaking with one voice, with various factions calling the other illegitimate, have no true single statement of independent which includes all four of the following
(simultaneously):
✪ a permanent population (HAMAS v Fatah);
✪ a defined territory (Gaza v West Bank v Jerusalem);
✪ government; (PA v HAMAS) and
✪ capacity to enter into relations with the other states (PA v HAMAS)
There exist a question that pertains to the recognition of either faction of the Arab Palestinians to be viewed as 21st Century governments.
✪ First, the constituents of the HAMAS faction claims to support organizations that have been declared terrorist.
✪ Second, the constituents of the PA/PLO factions claims to provide financial incentives to the families that have conducted terrorist activities.
Most Respectfully,
R