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John Kerry destined for political scrapheap : Comments

By David Singer, published 18/11/2013

Jewish settlement in the West Bank is not illegal, unlawful or forbidden by law - having been legally sanctioned and expressly enshrined in international law.

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#plantaganet

You and David G seem to be at odds. He has contempt for the law but you appear to recognize its role in regulating human conduct.

There really is nothing better.

You appear to be suggesting Israel is in legal breach of UN Resolutions.

Which ones are you referring to and why has no UN member State sought to bring legal proceedings to remedy that breach?

We agree on one thing - Syria is far worse than Israel - and so are many others to which you failed to alert readers.

Of course you just apparently forgot to mention what Amnesty International's Report had to say on what the PA and Hamas have been up to in the West Bank and Gaza:

"Arbitrary arrests and detentions by both the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the West Bank and the Hamas de facto administration in the Gaza Strip continued, particularly of their respective political opponents. In both areas, security forces tortured and otherwise ill-treated detainees with impunity. Four detainees died in custody in suspicious circumstances; two in Gaza and two in the West Bank. Palestinian armed groups in Gaza continued to commit war crimes by firing indiscriminate rockets into Israel, especially during an eight-day armed conflict with Israel during November. During that conflict, Hamas’ armed wing summarily killed seven men accused of “collaborating” with Israel. Both the PA and Hamas arbitrarily restricted the rights to freedom of expression, assembly and association, and their security forces used excessive force against demonstrators. Women in both areas continued to face violence and discrimination; at least six women were reportedly killed in “honour” killings. In Gaza, at least five people were sentenced to death and six people were executed. One man was sentenced to death in the West Bank; there were no executions there. The 1.6 million residents of the Gaza Strip continued to suffer severe deprivation due to Israel’s ongoing military blockade and the sanctions imposed on Hamas by other states; however, conditions eased in comparison to previous years."

So much for any semblance of balance where you are concerned.
Posted by david singer, Thursday, 21 November 2013 7:54:22 PM
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Dear Davo S

You work it out for your next article matey.

Cheers

Pete
Posted by plantagenet, Thursday, 21 November 2013 9:25:30 PM
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David Singer can’t unwrite what he wrote about “the international community” “unanimously” endorsing the “right’ of the “Jewish people” to “reconstitute” the “Jewish National Home” in Palestine…

The international community consisted of 2.2 billion people in 1920. How many of these were sampled in the questionnaires? No surveys? Thought not. How can the omission of even the mainly corruptible officials, let alone the people, of major countries like Germany and the USA and the USSR, and of the many countries under the heel of the colonial overlords, amount to “unanimity” of “the international community”? How can people who whose existence as “a people” is in serious doubt RE-constitute a national home that never existed when not even a nation ever existed?

But the main offence against truth is to treat the voice of government officials who decided the map of Africa and the Middle East as if was the voice of the international community.

Colonialists always lie, and Zionists are colonialists of the worst type being RACIST colonialists with tickets on themselves.

Mr Singer falls back again on the self-comforting claim that those who reject the lies of criminals are anti-Semitic (“Jew-hating” this time). But racist colonialists always lie, including Jewish ones. A REAL lie is to equate Jews with Zionists. For me, Jews are no better or worse than anyone else. In Mr Singer’s view they are a great deal worse.
Posted by EmperorJulian, Thursday, 21 November 2013 11:24:01 PM
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#Emperor Julian

The Mandate unanimously endorsed by all 51 Member States of the League of Nations - contained the following paragraphs:

"Whereas the Principal Allied Powers have also agreed that the Mandatory should be responsible for putting into effect the declaration originally made on November 2nd, 1917, by the Government of His Britannic Majesty, and adopted by the said Powers, in favour of the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, it being clearly understood that nothing should be done which might prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country;"

" Whereas recognition has thereby been given to the historical connection of the Jewish people with Palestine and to the grounds for reconstituting their national home in that country;"

" The Mandatory shall be responsible for placing the country under such political, administrative and economic conditions as will secure the establishment of the Jewish national home, as laid down in the preamble, and the development of self-governing institutions, and also for safeguarding the civil and religious rights of all the inhabitants of Palestine, irrespective of race and religion."

"The Administration of Palestine, while ensuring that the rights and position of other sections of the population are not prejudiced, shall facilitate Jewish immigration under suitable conditions and shall encourage, in co-operation with the Jewish agency referred to in Article 4, close settlement by Jews on the land, including State lands and waste lands not required for public purposes."

By the way - America although not a member of the League fully endorsed the Mandate - as I explicitly stated in my article.

The Mandate and article 80 of the UN Charter constitute binding international law - as did the Mandates for Syria and Lebanon, and Mesopotamia.

99.99% for the Arabs, 0.01% for the Jews - of which 78% of 0.01% was to be taken away from the Jews.

But of course you will never let the facts stand in the way of your Jew-hating tirades.
Posted by david singer, Friday, 22 November 2013 9:32:32 PM
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Hi Davo S

On the anti-Semitism scale EJ is mild compared to some http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=15737#272455

Cheers

Pete
Posted by plantagenet, Saturday, 23 November 2013 2:28:08 PM
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#plantaganet

I never knew there were different degrees of Jew-hatred.

EJ is mild - according to your definition. What does that mean?

How many degrees of Jew-hatred are there?
Posted by david singer, Sunday, 24 November 2013 7:30:17 AM
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