The legal foundation, 1920 to 1948
87 essays
Eli E. Hertz is the President of Myths and Facts, Inc., a nonprofit organization devoted to research and publication of information regarding U.S. global interests in the …
(IsraelNN.com) Israeli Arab Knesset Member Ahmed Tibi (United Arab List/Ram Ta’al) attacked the State of Israel in a fiery editorial published in the …
The League of Nations unanimously recognized the Jewish people’s historical connection to Palestine in 1922, yet modern Arab states were arbitrarily carved from the …
Writing this letter is a good way for me to discuss your horrible denial of facts and the disrespect that you bestow on your parents, grandparents and your British …
With great fanfare, the Palestine National Council (PNC) met in Gaza in the spring of 1994 to consider amending the PLO Charter, as Yasser Arafat had promised following …
“Israeli and Palestinian negotiators should decide once and for all where to draw the line between Israeli and Palestinian territory, ending the argument over …
Mr. President, Before putting together the final touches on your anticipated ‘Peace Speech’ expected to be delivered in Egypt on June 4, 2009, I request of …
A corollary of the inalienable right of the Jewish people to its Land is the right to live in any part of Eretz Yisrael, including Judea and Samaria which are an integral …
In Israel, both Jews and non-Jews are free to practice their faiths freely and openly on individual and institutional levels. That contrasts sharply with neighboring Arab …
To finance, recruit, train, house, feed, transport and murder Jews, is a collective Palestinian effort, requiring a collectively responsible response. In fact, poll after …
To finance, recruit, train, house, feed, transport and murder Jews is a collective Palestinian effort, requiring a collectively responsible response. Poll after poll …
Examining Israel’s response to Palestinian attacks in 2014 and the legal principles of proportionality and collective punishment under international law.
Once again, a report has blamed an event almost solely on Israel while refusing to assign responsibility or even suitably investigate any other party. Unsurprisingly, a …
“War is not politics by other means”, but “represents a catastrophic failure of political skill and imagination.” Kofi Annan, Secretary-General. …
In urgent matters of national survival and geopolitics, words matter. The still generally unchallenged language referring provocatively to an Israeli …
The Land of Israel was the birthplace of the Jewish people. Here their spiritual, religious and political identity was shaped. Here they first attained to statehood, …
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 …
Herbert Louis Samuel’s 1921 report as British High Commissioner for Palestine documented how a Jewish National Home was internationally guaranteed through the …
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 …
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 …
It is important to set the historical record straight: The overwhelming majority of Palestinian refugees left what was then the newly-established State of Israel on their …
Writing this letter is a good way for me to discuss your horrible denial of facts and the disrespect that you bestow on your parents, grandparents and your British …
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 …
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 …
The Palestinian claim to ancient and indigenous peoplehood fails to stand up to historic scrutiny. Most Palestinian Arabs were newcomers to British Mandate Palestine, …
Calls for a freeze on Jewish construction in disputed Territories - while Arab construction, which far exceeds Jewish development, continues unfettered - are clearly …
“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 …