aris2chat, et al,
Well it may certainly be said that the issue of "recognition" as a "Jewish State"
(Part I Section "F" - Admission to Membership in UN - A/RES/181(II - independence of either the Arab or the Jewish State as envisaged in this plan) 29 November 1947); and "h
aving received and examined the report of the Special Committee including a number of unanimous recommendations and a plan of partition with economic union approved by the majority of the Special Committee, was always an important question and concept.
While the exact origin of the concept is not truly known, what is known is that Theodor Herzl set the framework for a "Jewish Nation" in a 1896 handout titled: "The Jewish State."
And from the view of the Allied Powers, this "Question of Palestine" is at least as old as the
UK Balfour Declaration itself; nearly a century ago --- which mentions the "national home for the Jewish people." Article 2 of the
Mandate for Palestine says it more clearly: "as will
secure the establishment of the Jewish national home."
The High Contracting Parties agree to entrust, by application of the provisions of Article 22, the administration of Palestine, within such boundaries as may be determined by the Principal Allied Powers, to a Mandatory, to be selected by the said Powers. The Mandatory will be responsible for putting into effect the declaration originally made on November 8, 1917, by the British Government, and adopted by the other Allied Powers, in favour of the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may 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.
Primary Sources:
San Remo Resolution Published April 25, 1920 --- QUOTE From:
Article of the Council on Foreign Relations
Israel: Conflict over recognition, not territory · 3y
The
Palestinians have rejected Netanyahu's demand to recognize Israel as a
Jewish state, saying that would undermine the rights of Israel's
Arab minority as well as millions of refugees whose families lost properties
during ... but
said that for
talks ...
>>David Pollock House Foreign Affairs hearing: Arab FMs agreed to "Jewish state" recognition during 2013-4 talks; Palestinians said no<<
Other than Israel and Israelis to disappear off the face of the earth, Palestinians don't seem to know or agree on what they do actually want.
Throw it all against the wall and see what sticks.
How do you talk to or make an agreement when Palestinians can't agree and the "demands" keep shifting from day to day?
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If it has been said once --- it has been said a ziillion times. "The political existence of the state is independent of recognition by the other states." (Article 3 of the
1933 Montevideo Convention)
What is interesting is that the distinction that the Arab Palestinian draws between the difference of recognizing the "State of Israel" and that of the "Jewish State of Israel" or event the simple title of "Jewish State." What was clearly stated by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in a 9 September 1993 Letter to Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was that: "The PLO recognizes the right of the State of Israel to exist in peace and security."
They make the distinction with "Jewish" affiliation. This position dates back to a time before the Independence of Israel. It was a firm political position the Arab Higher Committee outline when asked to participate in the "Steps Preparatory to Independence" that the Palestinians rejected stating (in part):
"The Arabs of Palestine consider that any attempt by the Jews or any power group of powers to establish a Jewish state in Arab territory is an act of aggression which will be resisted in self-defense." (AHC Letter 6 February 1948 to Sec-Gen UN)
So we have it. The Arab Palestinians reject the notion of a "Jewish State" by do recognized "Israel's" right to exist. The PLO-Negotiations Affairs Department (NAD) presents it like this:
"On November 15, 1988, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) declared independence of the State of Palestine on all Palestinian land occupied by Israel in 1967, which constitutes 22 percent of historic Palestine. This was a historic, difficult and very painful compromise following decades of Palestinian internal discussion. On the same date, the PLO committed itself to upholding all UN resolutions, thus accepting the two-state solution." Source:
PLO-NAD 2 May 2016
What is even a little more interesting is that:
"Israel has never endorsed the two-state solution as an official government policy and was not willing to accept a historical compromise on the basis of the two state solution on the 1967 border
and to recognize the full scope of Palestinian rights under international law."
Source:
PLO-NAD 2 May 2016
This claim is a trick. This is a way by which the Arab Palestinian can hamper the process of negotiations to reach a final status agreement on permanent status issues. This simple agreement will be used against the Israelis on the matters of: Borders, Jerusalem, and Refugees. This is a disguise to paint the Israelis as unreasonable, when (in fact) the Arab Palestinians are attempting to apply pre-conditions to the individual issues.
It is much safer for the Israelis to sit back and wait for the Arab Palestinians to make a good faith offer then to become entangled into some pre-negotiation dilemma.
Most Respectfully,
R