According to a Basic Rule in International Law, the West Bank Is Part of Israel
Israel’s borders can be defined the same way as Mali’s or Slovakia’s.
March 14, 2016
According to a Basic Rule in International Law, the West Bank Is Part of Israel
Israel’s borders can be defined the same way as Mali’s or Slovakia’s.
While it has become commonplace to refer to Israel’s control of areas it seized during the Six-Day War as an “occupation,” and one of questionable legality, Avi Bell and Eugene Kontorovich argue that, according to a widely accepted principle of international law, Israel’s claims to the territory are wholly legitimate. This principle, known as uti possidetis juris (“as you possess under law”), has been crucial in establishing the borders of recently created states in Africa and Eastern Europe. They write:
March 14, 2016
What Israeli Jews Really Think about Their Arab Compatriots
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Don’t Let American Judaism Become a Holocaust Cult
Memory is sacred, but victimhood cannot be the foundation stone of Jewish identity.
A New Novel Tackles Jewish Family and Community—and Prayer
As Close to Us as Breathing.
Iran’s New Syrian Hizballah
More loyal to Tehran than to Damascus.