P F Tinmore, et al,
Again, I disagree.
This is just some foolishness to justify their unlawful action by Palestinians.
(COMMENT)
From a practical aspect, firing rockets and mortars across the border into sovereign territory of Israel is an act of aggression. While the Arab Palestinian may not recognize the "JIHAD" as a war, it is a war with real casualties. It is the political policy of the Arab Palestinians to eject the State of Israel, recognized since 1948, even though the PLO exchanged letter of Mutual Recognition.
As I have said before, this pledge of conflict has gone essential unchanged for more nearly seven decades
(made in February 1948) and is mimicked in Palestinian National Charter (1968), the Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (1988), and more recently in a 2013
major position paper, published by Khaled Meshal, Chairman of the
Hamas Political Bureau(currently hiding out on Doha, Qatar).
If there is no dispute, then why fire rockets and mortars at Israel?
You don't know how unreliable and impractical you sound when you suggest there is "no war."
Article 1
Aggression is the use of armed force by a State against the sovereignty, territorial integrity or political independence of another State, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Charter of the United Nations, as set out in this Definition.
Explanatory note: In this Definition the term "State":
(a) Is used without prejudice to questions of recognition or to whether a State is a member of the United Nations;
(b) Includes the concept of a "group of States" where appropriate.
Article 2
The First use of armed force by a State in contravention of the Charter shall constitute prima facie evidence of an act of aggression although the Security Council may, in conformity with the Charter, conclude that a determination that an act of aggression has been committed would not be justified in the light of other relevant circumstances, including the fact that the acts concerned or their consequences are not of sufficient gravity.
Most Respectfully,
R