Judea and Samaria are not conquered territories that we took from another country. Since 70 C.E., when we were destroyed as a political entity, no sovereign country or any other nation controlled the Land of Israel; only empires did. After the War of Independence in 1948, Jordan annexed the region, but no one recognized the annexation except Great Britain and Pakistan. Israels point of departure was that as far as it was concerned, the territories were, at worst, disputed. We claim full ownership of all of them by virtue of the resolution of the Entente Powers, also known as the Allies (the organization that preceded the United Nations after World War I) at the San Remo Conference in April 1920. During the conference, Great Britain was given the mandate to fulfill the Balfour Declaration -- the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people. The mandate included even Transjordan and, certainly, Judea and Samaria. Our claim to ownership also stems from our historical rights, which were recognized in the law of the nations. In the Six Day War, Israel took the land (Judea and Samaria) from a country that was not its rightful owner. Before that, the Arabs who lived there never complained that the land was occupied. In short, from a legal perspective the laws of occupation do not apply here; land that does not belong to anyone cannot be conquered.
Posted on: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 10:59:29 +0000
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