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In reply to the discussion: UNESCO Adopts Controversial Jerusalem Resolution [View all]Little Tich
(6,171 posts)46. I hope you understand that it's not even a de facto annexation until every single Palestinian
in East Jerusalem has Israeli citizenship. As long as the people in Eastern Jerusalem live under martial law with no civil rights, Israel is a hostile occupier with no moral or legal claims whatsoever to East Jerusalem. If they were given civil rights, the moral claim would be strong, and the only other legal claimant would be Jordan.
While the idea of the Corpus Separatum may once have been possible, the death of the two-state solution have made it unnecessary.
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The U.S., Britain, Germany, Holland, Lithuania and Estonia voted against the resolution.
oberliner
Oct 2016
#1
It's never a good thing when a fascist leader starts gobbling up parts of neighboring countries in
Little Tich
Oct 2016
#17
According to international law, Russia is an occupying power in Ukrainian Crimea, not a sovereign.
Little Tich
Oct 2016
#34
I hope you understand that it's not even a de facto annexation until every single Palestinian
Little Tich
Oct 2016
#46
If there's no legal framework for how wars are waged, it will open up for all kinds of atrocities,
Little Tich
Oct 2016
#16
I'm not sure a 2-state proposal exists that puts the wall in a future Palestinian state.
shira
Oct 2016
#23
Why is it so wrong to extend the notion of democratic rights to include Palestinians?
Little Tich
Oct 2016
#29
You seem to be working under the assumption that an anti-Israel resolution condemning Israel's
Little Tich
Oct 2016
#33
Aha - so that's why I didn't find any anti-Semitism in the resolution itself...
Little Tich
Oct 2016
#39
The release is accurate, stop with the denial. While the resolution says Jerusalem...
shira
Oct 2016
#40
If the allegations that Israel was changing the status quo in Jerusalem were untrue,
Little Tich
Oct 2016
#41