International Law Used as anti-Israel Lawfare
by Robbie Sabel, (JCPA 2013)
Perhaps because
It is often presented manipulatively as a legal axiom
that the Green Line already has the status of a legally binding border. By
signing a peace agreement,
By any accepted legal standard,
The essence of any legal system is that law applies
equally to all. Devising tailor-made rules of international law for application
only where
The attempts to brand
In a personal vein, this author can attest to a
not-very-friendly senior Egyptian negotiator telling him in a private
conversation that although negotiating with
Perhaps because
Food for Thought by Steven Shamrak
Anti-Semitism is the world
most powerful super glue - it unites most of the causes, even brings together
mortal enemies no matter how disparate or ugly they may be. It invokes and
perpetuates the darkness of jealousy and hate. It spreads like maggots on a
dead body of sick societies, who must be grateful for existence of Jews.
Without Jews most of them would have destroyed each other a long time ago!
UGLY NAZI and DUBIOUS 'REGRET'
Ban
Ki-moon regrets a 'misunderstanding' over using the
word 'occupation' to describe
Failure
to Protect Jewish Land
1.
The IDF has failed to tackle the widespread phenomenon of illegal construction,
having demolished only 30% of such structures over a 19-year period. There are
20,086 instances of illegal construction in Area C, 13,481 were built by Arabs.
(But Israeli government is not in a rush to remove
them from Jewish land!)
2.
A small synagogue recently rebuilt at the
site of the Givat Soreq
outpost on the outskirts of Karmei Tzur was demolished by Israeli Civil Administration. It was
in this same synagogue that sacred texts were set ablaze two months ago by Arab
terrorists, a hate crime carried out by those in nearby Arab populated town Halhul. (Demolition of a Jewish
synagogue takes priority!)
Child Labor Increases in Gaza - Jew-Haters do not Protest
This!.
The
United Nations estimates that 80 percent of the PA population is aid dependent (international parasites). Child labour has risen sharply in Gaza, where youngsters toiling
in garages and on construction sites have become breadwinners for families
feeling the brunt of the Palestinian enclave's 43 percent unemployment rate (while their fathers are sitting and doing nothing, except
for killing Jews). The increase in
A Muslim was Killed for Loving
'Infidels'
Asad Shah, a
much-loved local shopkeeper, was brutally murdered in
One '
1. IDF Arrests Stone-Throwers Near Beit Sahour
2. Terrorists Smash Bus Windshield on
Highway 443
3.
4. Iron Dome Batteries Moved Near
5. New
6. Harsher Penalties for Dishonoring
Israeli Flag
'Ugly Nazi' Showing Its Full anti-Semitic Colours!
1. Canada’s foreign affairs minister, Stephane Dion, is calling on the UN Human Rights Council to
review the appointment of
2. The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)
has adopted a measure that calls for the establishment of a database of
businesses "involved in activities" in
Quote of the Week:
“Obama
has a worldview that would challenge any government in Israel, rightwing or
leftwing. His worldview is so foreign to us. For example his intense reluctance
to use military force; or his cooperation with international organizations that
are always condemning us, like the Human Rights Council; reaching out his hand
to the Muslims and Iran; the demand that we freeze all construction even in
Jerusalem – even Meretz couldn’t freeze all the
construction in Gilo – but that’s what Obama demanded.” - Michael Oren, a former Israeli Ambassador to the US
International Law Used as anti-Israel Lawfare
UN General Assembly
Resolutions (Over
50% of all UN resolutions have been dedicated to discredit and vilify the
Jewish state!)
According to the UN Charter, UN General Assembly resolutions have the status of recommendations to
states and are not binding. They do
not create international law and no state can be “guilty” of violating such a
resolution. Such resolutions are political statements dictated by whatever
group of states can muster a majority vote on a given issue at a given time. A
prime example is UN General Assembly Resolution 194 (II) of 1948, which
proposed measures to resolve the Arab-Israeli dispute including the issue of
refugees. All the Arab states that were
UN members at the time voted against the resolution, as they objected to
any recognition of
The Palestinian legal position is that this article has thus
miraculously been turned into a binding rule of international law. The legal
reality is, however, that even where the General Assembly reiterates such a
resolution, it nevertheless remains nonbinding. In the words of a leading
French jurist, “Neither is there any warrant for considering that by dint of
repetition, non-normative resolutions can be transmuted into positive law
through a sort of incantatory effect.” No state is on record stating that it
accepts General Assembly resolutions, as such, as binding on itself.
Nevertheless, the claim is frequently heard that
UN Security Council
Resolutions
Those anti-Israeli lawfare tacticians who are
aware that UN General Assembly resolutions are not binding try to charge
The Security Council has never made such a declaration regarding
“Illegal” Military
Occupation
There is a legitimate debate as to whether the West Bank is indeed the
territory of an enemy sovereign state and hence subject to the rules of
military occupation. Beyond this debate, though, the bon mot used by nearly all
anti-Israeli publicists is that Israeli military occupation is illegal as such.
However, in an armed conflict, international law clearly permits military
occupation. It is interesting to note that the UN Security Council has never
declared Israeli occupation to be illegal. The Security Council’s reticence in
condemning Israeli occupation as illegal is not necessarily derived from
sympathy with Israel’s policies but presumably from the awareness that
occupation is perfectly legal in case of armed conflict.