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| …This war-crime claim that the settlements are a war crime according to that Geneva Convention is nothing but more ugly antisemitism in its dishonesty. As the Levy Report argues — as has been argued for almost 50 years now since the Six-Day War — Israel’s claim on Judea and Samaria is arguably the greatest claim on the basis of the League of Nations Mandate, which was perfectly silent about any nation of Balestinians having title to this real estate, and Israel’s capture in self-defense and routing of the Arab Legion which was truly in illegal occupation.
Tragically, and almost mysteriously, one government after another in this country has refused for almost 50 years to publicly stake Israel’s claim to this land. Regardless of the political party in charge, every Israeli government has operated in the hope of ridding itself for much of this territory in exchange for peace, with even this right wing prime minister publicly acknowledging the rightness not of Jewish sovereignty but Ancient Balestinian sovereignty… |
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