Mandate for Palestine
The legal foundation, 1920 to 1948
87 essays
Nakba. The Arab Self-Inflicted Catastrophe
Examination of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and Palestinian displacement as a consequence of Arab military action and the Arab League’s April 1948 invasion decision.
Rabin: More Than Meets the Eye
Today, 18 years after signing the Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty and 18 years after his tragic death, Yitzhak Rabin was lauded by President Barack Obama as a man of peace and …
State Department Legitimizes Terror
Update: To whom did the Obama administration grant permission to fly the Palestinian Liberation Organization flag in Washington D.C.? The answer: Palestinian Arabs - a …
Palestine is Jewish
The League of Nations recognized the historical connection of the Jewish people with Palestine and grounds for reconstituting their national home, while Palestine itself …
Gaza 2012: Proportionality and Collective Punishment
It would be a denial of reality to assume that only a small group of terrorists could be involved in the thousands of documented acts of terror in the past 10 years by …
THE MANDATE FOR PALESTINE STILL MATTERS
Israelis and friends of the Jewish State alike are accustomed to the never-ending scorn the United Nations heaps on the Middle East’s only free democracy, never …
In Memory of Ben Zion Netanyahu
A tribute to Professor Ben-Zion Netanyahu’s role in protecting Jewish settlement rights in Palestine through Article 80 of the UN Charter at the San Francisco …
To the Members of the U.K.'s Theater and Film Industries
Open letter to UK theatre and film industry members addressing opposition to Israeli National Theatre Habima’s invitation to Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, …
Artificially Created States
The League of Nations unanimously recognized the historical connection of the Jewish people with Palestine. Yet modern Arab states like Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, and Iraq …
Thomas Friedman's Partition Plan
On June 18, 2011 the New York Times published an OP-ED by its Columnist Thomas Friedman, named “What to Do With Lemons,” suggesting to “update …
Facts vs. Abbas' New York Times Op-Ed
A point-by-point rebuttal of Mahmoud Abbas’ claims regarding the Partition Plan, UN resolutions, Palestinian refugees, and the historical basis for Jewish …
Abbas - Rewriting Middle East History
“Repeat a lie often enough and people will begin to believe it.” Nazi propaganda master Joseph Goebbels. This essay examines Palestinian leader Mahmoud …
Had There Been No War, There Would Be No Nakba.
**Starting a civil war in 1947 after the Arabs rejected the United Nations Partition Plan, Palestinian Arabs became belligerents in the conflict. Rather than accept a …
Have We Lost Sight of Rabin's Vision?
Excerpts from Yitzhak Rabin’s final speech to the Knesset reveal his realistic vision for Israeli-Palestinian peace, including a Jewish state, united Jerusalem, and …
World Leaders Ignore International Law
The U.S. Administration, the European Union, the United Nations, and Russia’s decision to rewrite history by labeling the Territories ‘Occupied …
Letter To MK Haneen Zoabi
Dear MK Haneen Zoabi, The Israeli Parliament revoked some of your political privileges, citing your consistent support of Israel’s worst enemies. You claim you are …
Obama Against the Will of His Predecessors
Before the Zionist movement assumed concrete form, among the first to express approval of the return of the Jews to Palestine was John Adams, the second President of the …
Making Jerusalem a Battleground
Arabs have systematically denied Jewish historical connections to Jerusalem, destroyed archaeological evidence, and used terrorist violence to make the city unbearable …
The "Mandate for Palestine" is the Best Reply to "Occupation"
Speech on the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine as the historical and legal basis for the Jewish right to settle in Palestine.
Goldstone Report is Low on Law
To finance, recruit, train, house, feed, transport, kidnap and murder innocent Jews, is a collective Palestinian Arab effort that demands a collectively responsible …
Condoleezza Rice and Jerusalem
Analysis of Secretary of State Rice’s position on Israeli settlements in Jerusalem and its contradiction with international law and historical claims to the city.
What is there to celebrate?
On Israel’s 60th anniversary, examining the UN Partition Plan and the true legal basis for Israeli statehood.
To President Bush
I read with interest your remarks on the Middle East given on July 16, 2007 at the White House. I appreciate your sincere commitment and devotion in promoting and …
To Condi; Who is Humiliating Whom?
On October 11, 2006 in a Keynote Address to the American Task Force on Palestine,[1] Secretary Condoleezza Rice claimed that Palestinian Arabs feel ‘daily …
How the British Fought Terror
An examination of declassified British documents detailing counter-terrorism tactics used in Palestine during the Mandate period in 1938, and their comparison to …
Rejectionism - Over 100 Years of Chronic Arab Rejectionism
The history of the Arab-Israeli conflict reveals 24 major junctures when compromise was offered since the 1920s, dating from pre-state, League of Nations Mandate to the …
UN Resolution 181 - November 29, 1947
In 1947 the British put the future of western Palestine into the hands of the United Nations, the successor organization to the League of Nations which had established …
Mandate For Palestine - The Legal Aspects of Jewish Rights
“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 …
90th ANNIVERSARY OF THE SAN REMO CONFERENCE
Granting the right under international law for Jews to settle anywhere in western Palestine - the area between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea
A Genuine Nightmare
Beginning in 1917, the British Government ruled the land known as Palestine and ruled its inhabitants, both Arabs and Jews, for more than 30 years. That British in-depth …