RE: Who Are The Palestinians? Part 2
⁜→ P F Tinmore, et al,
BLUF: Most of this is misinformation.
The fighting in the 1948 war was halted when a UN Security Council Resolution called for an armistice. Nobody won or lost that war.
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The terms "Won • or • Lost" relative to any war, is both philosophical and subjective terminology. You are just bantering terms to make it appear you have a point. In political and diplomatic parlance, these terms are specifically NOT used as face-saving measures; and just so people like you can quibble over the point. These terms cannot apply to the Arab Palestinians because they were never a party to the 1948 conflict.
The 1948 conflict did not halt because of a UN Security Council Resolution. The cessation of hostilities was facilitated by the United Nations Mediator with the assistance of a group of international military observers, which came to be known as the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO).
Palestine was mentioned several times including the term "peace in Palestine.' The term "peace in Israel," or "peace in Israel/Palestine" were not mentioned. A place called Israel was not mentioned at all.
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Yeah, as if that means anything. The of the term "Palestine" was defined by the Palestine Order in Council. "The limits of this Order are the territories to which the Mandate for Palestine applies,
hereinafter described as Palestine." The use of the term "Israel" is again, a diplomatic face-saving that means nothing in actuality. All the Armistice Arrangements and both the Peace Treaty Between with the Arab Republic of Egypt
(covering the Gaza Strip) and the Treaty of Peace with The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
(covering the West Bank and Jerusalem).
Palestine's international borders with its neighbors were referenced as guides for drawing the armistice lines. Borders for a place called Israel were not mentioned.
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Palestine's International Borders was established between the British and French. "Syria was set by the "frontier described in Article 8 of the Franco-Turkish Agreement of the 20th October 1921." From that point, the Mandate boundaries that partitioned Syria were determined between France and Great Britain (Treaty # 564). Treaty #564 is the Franco-British Convention of 23 December 1920.
The armistice lines were specifically not to be political or territorial boundaries. They did not draw borders between countries
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Anything can be used as a reference point. And yes, the Armistice lines were to remain in force until a peaceful settlement between the Parties was achieved. Neither the Armistice nor the Peace Settlements set an obligation in favor of the Arab Palestinians.
Demarcation Lines, established prior to the peaceful settlements, as international boundaries, could be set in any fashion and anywhere as longs as the parties agree. The boundary can run on top of the Armistice Lines, parallel to or intersecting with older national boundaries; just as long as the parties agree to the arrangement.
It should also be remembered that there is a General Principle of International Law (GP•IL) (stated in layman's terms) that GP•IL shall be strictly construed and shall not be extended by "P F Tinmore" analogy. When there is a case of ambiguity, the definition shall be interpreted in favor of the person being investigated, prosecuted, or convicted.
Most Respectfully,
R