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Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy
How much input did the "community of nations" receive from the Palestinians who would be directly effected? Did the "community of nations" consider that the land had been Palestinian for over 1,000 years?
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About the same as the Israelis ..
... now if one wants to retreat back to Biblical times and before ... I suppose that would be academically interesting, but that criterion could create some unintended consequences throughout the world, including, but not limited to, the United States, and clearly parts if not all of Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, and California ... and then we can address Native-Americans.
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181
November 29, 1947
"A. TERMINATION OF MANDATE, PARTITION AND INDEPENDENCE
"The
Mandate for Palestine shall terminate as soon as possible but in any case not later than 1 August 1948.
The armed forces of the mandatory Power shall be progressively withdrawn from Palestine, the withdrawal to be completed as soon as possible but in any case not later than 1 August 1948.
"The mandatory Power shall advise the Commission, as far in advance as possible, of its intention to terminate the mandate and to evacuate each area. The mandatory Power shall use its best endeavours to ensure that an area situated in the territory of the Jewish State, including a seaport and hinterland adequate to provide facilities for a substantial immigration, shall be evacuated at the earliest possible date and in any event not later than 1 February 1948.
"Independent Arab and Jewish States and the Special International Regime for the City of Jerusalem, set forth in Part III of this Plan, shall come into existence in Palestine two months after the evacuation of the armed forces of the mandatory Power has been completed but in any case not later than 1 October 1948. The boundaries of the Arab State, the Jewish State, and the City of Jerusalem shall be as described in Parts II and III below.
"The period between the adoption by the General Assembly of its recommendation on the question of Palestine and the establishment of the independence of the Arab and Jewish States shall be a transitional period.
Full text:
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/un/res181.htm
Then in the Oslow Agreement here are the signatories:
“Agreed in Washington DC, on 13 September 1993.
For the Government of Israel: (Signed) Shimon Peres
For the PLO: (Signed) Mahmud Abbas
Witnessed by: The United States of America, (Signed) Warren Christopher and
The Russian Federation, (Signed) Andrei V Kozyrev."
I believe Abbas just met with Hillary Clinton. It appears that he signed for the PLO.
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I personally hope that both sides will come to a lasting agreement and they stop killing each other ... but that state of mine is difficult to establish when one side has openly announced it wants to destroy the other ... both sides need to peacefully live beside each other.
Whether someone lived on this or that piece of land 1,000, 2,000, or 10,000 years ago doesn't really mean a lot in the scheme of things. It's just a "talking point" to justify eradicating Israel. MHO.
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