Don’t Confuse Me With Facts. It’s Always About the “Occupation” by Asaf Romirowsky (BESA via Pundicity)
Jan. 5, 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The American Jewish Left has once again fallen in line with the Palestinian demand that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict always be conflated to a problem of “occupation,” regardless of facts or history. By leaping to condemn Mike Pompeo’s factual statement that Israeli West Bank “settlements” do not violate international law, American […]
Read More →Israeli Settlements and International Law (Israeli Embassy in Nigeria)
From 2017: Attempts to present Jewish settlement in West Bank territory (ancient Judea and Samaria) as illegal and “colonial” in nature ignores the complexity of this issue, the history of the land, and the unique legal circumstances of this case. The Historical Context Jewish settlement in the territory of ancient Judea and […]
Read More →Pompeo Busts the “Occupation” Myth (summaries of 2 articles by Daily Alert, Nov. 20, 2019)
Pompeo Busts the “Occupation” Myth – Eugene Kontorovich (Wall Street Journal) Israeli settlements in the West Bank do not violate international law. That is now America’s official view, repudiating the conclusions of a 1978 State Department memorandum. The four-page 1978 memo written by legal adviser Herbert Hansell was hardly a thorough study and cited no precedent […]
Read More →Full text of Pompeo’s statement on settlements (TOI)
Nov. 19, 2019 Breaking with decades of policy, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declares Israel’s West Bank settlements not ‘inconsistent with international law’ Click here for full statement
Read More →The Mirage of an International Jerusalem, by Michel Gurfinkiel (Mosaic)
July 8, 2019 How the idea of Jerusalem’s status as an “international city” became embedded in countless UN resolutions and foreign policies, and why it is utterly baseless. The United States decision on December 6, 2017 to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and to transfer the American embassy there from Tel Aviv was […]
Read More →The U.S. Accepts Israel’s Territorial Rights – Amnon Lord (Israel Hayom via Daily Alert)
Jun. 12, 2019 The U.S. Accepts Israel’s Territorial Rights – Amnon Lord U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman’s remarks are not as dramatic as they seem. Friedman essentially said that the U.S. administration would no longer try to negotiate a settlement based on the 1967 lines and will recognize Israel’s sovereignty in the settlement blocs or […]
Read More →International Law Backs U.S. Golan Policy – Michael R. Pompeo and David Friedman (WSJ via Daily Alert)
May 15, 2019 International Law Backs U.S. Golan Policy – Michael R. Pompeo and David Friedman (Wall Street Journal) President Trump’s recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights is entirely consistent with UN Security Council Resolution 242 of 1967. Resolution 242 calls on the parties to negotiate a just and lasting peace that recognizes the […]
Read More →So you think the Golan is occupied. By Valerie Sobel (Israpundit)
Apr. 1, 2019 Following President Trump’s executive order to recognize The Golan as part of Israel, the 28-country European Union (EU), as if stung by a wasp, sprung into immediate opposition: how dare Trump side with Israel when we have Islam to appease? Wasn’t the Embassy move to Jerusalem jarring enough? Ditto for the liberal […]
Read More →Must watch: 6 Facts That You Need to Know About Israel’s Legal Rights
Jan. 13, 2019 How International Law supports Israel’s claims to the land of Israel Click here for 3 min. video on Israel’s legal rights
Read More →EoZTV: Answering IfNotNow
Dec. 28, 2018 I’ll try to summarize: IfNotNow’s example questions are: The first question presupposes that there is a capital O “Occupation.” From the perspective of international law, this is not true. The definition of “occupation” comes from Hague Convention of 1907: Territory is considered occupied when it is actually placed under the authority of […]
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