tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post7986424304282851837..comments2024-01-01T01:47:59.449+02:00Comments on Yaacov Lozowick's Ruminations: Dore Gold on JerusalemYaacovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835192312242961481noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-85354222071226267132010-09-20T01:15:30.476+02:002010-09-20T01:15:30.476+02:00The League of Nations granted national rights over...The League of Nations granted national rights over Palestine to the Jewish people. This is the only binding international law on the subject. The UN absorbed the agreements of the League.<br /><br />The 1947 Partition Plan is by no means international law. It is not a peace treaty, the General Assembly doesn't make international law, and the Arabs rejected it.<br /><br />Jordan's occupation of the West Bank was clearly illegal, and Egypt has given up any legal control over Gaza.Your Correspondent https://www.blogger.com/profile/17440467058108985654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-24690816286957768752010-09-13T05:32:03.910+02:002010-09-13T05:32:03.910+02:00I forgot to mention. I am prepared to defend that ...I forgot to mention. I am prepared to defend that assertion, but it will have to wait until next week. I will not have a computer for at least a week.Michael LeFavourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15065941002101612810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-66300730793372737422010-09-13T05:28:55.919+02:002010-09-13T05:28:55.919+02:00I am leaving for the countryside tomorrow, but I w...I am leaving for the countryside tomorrow, but I would like to know what you base the conclusion that the so called occupation is illegal on and why you would say that is the only way to view it? Can you even define where it begins and ends? The demarcation line is not a border, nor has it ever been, so ultimately Israel could lie on either side of the meaningless (legally) line. <br /><br />Neither has there been a lawful sovereign to challenge complete Israeli title to the land. In other words, Israel is not occupying a recognized sovereign's territory. For what it is worth (legally), Jordan and Israel signed a peace agreement (borders can be legally changed with peace agreements after violence). The Jordan/Israel peace treaty established the center of the Jordan river as the recognized border between the two sovereign nations. I think it is wrong to view the possession of land formerly governed by the British (acting sovereign) as illegal and....there's no if or but about it because that's the only possible way to view the matter.Michael LeFavourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15065941002101612810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-11049620068868225532010-09-12T21:26:10.974+02:002010-09-12T21:26:10.974+02:00As Ya'acov knows, any division of Jerusalem wo...As Ya'acov knows, any division of Jerusalem would be rejected in a referendum on both sides of the city - so its a political non-starter and it could only be imposed by force.<br /><br />Its not going to happen in our lifetime.NormanFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03365459073293643108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-82550482253906048122010-09-12T18:16:04.493+02:002010-09-12T18:16:04.493+02:00that's the only possible way to view the matte...<i>that's the only possible way to view the matter, how come there was so much discussion and differences of opinion back in the 1960s?</i><br /><br />.... people then just didn't know better, but "we" do ;-(<br /><br />-----<br /><i>my pet thesis, that the city can't be successfully divided</i><br />that sounds reasonable but will not be an obstacle to people keen on a Peace Nobel, reasonable just isn't cool.<br /><br />judging from my experience with human nature in everyday life, I think Gold got it right, any blinking as to Israel will be a boost to the the-world-must-be-ours nuts.<br /><br />SilkeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com