Treaties, borders, and rights
104 essays
Resolution 242 was adopted after the 1967 Six-Day War when Israel was attacked by and captured territory from Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. However, the resolution never …
For more than 3,000 years, the Jewish people have looked to Jerusalem as their spiritual, political, and historical capital, even when they did not physically rule over …
The League of Nations’ Mandate for Palestine established the Jewish legal right to settle throughout western Palestine between the Jordan River and the …
Successive Israeli governments have failed to recognize the supreme importance of the “Mandate for Palestine” [24 July, 1922] a historical League of Nations …
Tzipi Livni Much controversy is being generated as to Minister Tzipi Livni’s ability to lead Israel. She advocates honesty and accountability, but when it came to …
When it is asked what is meant by the development of the Jewish National Home in Palestine, it may be answered that it is not the imposition of a Jewish nationality upon …
Ever ask yourself why during the 30 year period—between 1917 and 1947— thousands of Jews throughout the world woke up one morning and decided to leave their homes and go …
A UN coalition sought to rewrite history by labeling the Territories ‘Occupied Territories,’ thus endowing them with an aura of bogus statehood and a false …
19 years after signing the Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty and 19 years after his tragic death, Yitzhak Rabin was lauded by President Barack Obama as a man of peace and …
The Palestinian Authority is expected to seek recognition as an independent sovereign state in the coming General Assembly of 2011, but it will not find the law to …
The Arabs invented a special national entity in the 1960s called the Palestinians, specifically for political gain. They brand Israelis as invaders and claim the …
American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has publicly canvassed the possibility of considering alternative solutions on the future sovereignty of the West Bank as the …
What kind of society consciously and purposely sacrifices its own youth for political gain and tactical advantage? Suicide bombers are an escalation of a small-arms war …
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in its Advisory Opinion in the matter of the construction of the “wall” in Judea and Samaria, cites the right to …
Applying double standards by requiring of Israel a behavior not expected or demanded of any other democratic nation is antisemitism. A case in point: Yardsticks - Turkey …
“Neither customary international law nor the United Nations Charter acknowledges that every group of people [Palestinian Arabs included] claiming to be a nation has …
Education Minister Professor Yuli Tamir proposed adding ‘pre-1967 borders’ to Israeli textbooks. This essay examines the legal and historical context of these …
Excerpts from Rabin’s last public speech to the Knesset (October 5, 1995) revealing his vision of a Jewish state, settlements, a unified Jerusalem, and security …
Intra-Palestinian politics remain on a steady course. Following a carefully-choreographed rapprochement with Hamas, the more “moderate” Fatah forces, still …
The “Mandate for Palestine,” an historical League of Nations document, laid down the Jewish legal right to settle anywhere in western Palestine, the area …
86 years ago - on July 24, 1922, the League of Nations published the historical document “Mandate for Palestine” that laid down the Jewish legal right to …
In the matter of Iranian nuclearization, U.S. President Barack Obama still doesn’t get it. Economic sanctions will never work. In Tehran’s national …
Justice Richard Goldstone and the United Nations Human Rights Council sought to rewrite history by labeling Judea and Samaria as ‘Occupied Palestinian …
Jerusalem, it seems, is at the physical center of the Arab-Israeli conflict. In fact, two distinct issues exist: the issue of Jerusalem and the issue of the Holy Places. …
Louis Rene Beres International law is not a suicide pact. Israel’s distinctly measured use of force against terrorist bases in Lebanon is entirely consistent with …
In June 1967, the combined armies of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan attacked Israel with the clear purpose expressed by Egypt’s President: “Destruction of …
*Successive Israeli governments have failed to recognize the supreme importance of the “Mandate for Palestine” [24 July, 1922]. The Mandate, a historical League of …
The Mandate for Palestine, a League of Nations document, established the Jewish legal right under international law to settle in Palestine, an entitlement unaltered in …
Ever asked yourself why during the 30 year period between 1917 and 1947 thousands of Jews throughout the world woke up one morning and decided to leave their homes and go …
With many issues now surfacing in the US presidential campaign, few are more important than the next president’s position on “Palestine.” To date, …