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More Good news from israel ......

Israeli forces raze homes of 4 terrorists who killed soldier Dvir Sorek

The body of the 19-year-old, who neither in army uniform nor armed, was found last August near the settlement of Migdal Oz in the West Bank, close to the seminary where he studied as part of a program which combines Torah studies with military service

"Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee that there will not be anymore terror attacks, but those who raise their hand on Israeli citizens must pay a heavy price,” said Defence Minister Naftali Bennett shortly after the demolition was completed.

Get ready for more action as a new kid on the block instead of Bibi,......Defence Minister Naftali Bennett.

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Rich Palestinians - So please give from your heart

https://youtu.be/mbLEzvTg0yQ

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The UN have woken from their slumber at last...

https://medium.com/@thepalestineproj...n-74dc12d83e4d

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More Good news from israel ......

Israeli forces raze homes of 4 terrorists who killed soldier Dvir Sorek

The body of the 19-year-old, who neither in army uniform nor armed, was found last August near the settlement of Migdal Oz in the West Bank, close to the seminary where he studied as part of a program which combines Torah studies with military service

"Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee that there will not be anymore terror attacks, but those who raise their hand on Israeli citizens must pay a heavy price,” said Defence Minister Naftali Bennett shortly after the demolition was completed.

Get ready for more action as a new kid on the block instead of Bibi,......Defence Minister Naftali Bennett.

It's brutal, but I suppose that is what occupation forces do? No restraint, no real global outcry. Crack on Balan...

https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/...ewAZnZmta-XOY8

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Israel Starts Building Largest Settlement in East Jerusalem

These settlements are illegal under international law. !!

President Jimmy Carter allowed the Security Council to pass a resolution that stated Israeli homes built in Judea/Samaria have “no legal validity.”

In order to find Israel’s settlements to be a violation of international law, first, Israel must be considered an occupier of foreign territory.Yet, Israel’s legal claim to the territory in question was recognised by the international community on several occasions. First, the land on both sides of the river Jordan were recognised as part of the Jewish National Home by the 1920 San Remo Conference. This was endorsed by the League of Nations (predecessor to the United Nations) in the 1922 League of Nations Mandate to Britain, and affirmed by article 80 of the United Nations charter in 1945. When Israel’s leaders declared sovereignty in all territory relinquished by Britain on May 15, 1948 (including the territory that anti-Israel people call the “West Bank”) it was recognised as the State of Israel by the General Assembly and Security Council by May 1949.

Jordan invaded (along with four other Arab states) and conquered this specific territory in 1949, annexed it in 1950, and gave it a new name: “West Bank” (of the river Jordan). Only two countries in the entire world recognised Jordan’s annexation (England and Pakistan) and not a single Arab country recognised this annexation.

Furthermore, article 2 of the UN charter forbids the acquisition of territory through war. Thus, Jordan’s acquisition and annexation of the territory was illegal under international law.

In 1967, Jordan again initiated war against Israel (along with two other Arab states) but Jordan was pushed out of the territory (back to Jordan’s recognised boundaries on the east bank of the Jordan river) by Israel. This re-acquisition of the territory by Israel was legal because article 51 of the U.N. charter permits a nation to defend itself from attack. It is understood that national self-defense often necessitates control of any territory from which the initial aggression was launched.

If the territory would have been recognised as within the borders of the State of Jordan by either Israel or the international community between 1949 and 1967, then it would have meant Israel’s return to the territory was an occupation, regardless of previous title. But Jordan’s annexation was not recognised by the international community, nor did the Jordan-Israel ceasefire agreement represent acquiescence to new borders by either side:

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But, for the sake of argument, let us play devil’s advocate and assume Israel had no legal title to the territory in 1967. In that case, would Israel’s settlements be a violation of international law?

The answer is no, here is why:

The Fourth Geneva Convention provides the international law as relates to occupied territory, and is the basis of any legal argument against Israel on the subject of Israeli settlements. Therefore, in order to make the conclusion that Israel’s settlements are illegal under international law, one must be able to apply this convention to Israel’s presence in the area. And then, one must show that Israel is in violation of one of the provisions of the convention.

In order for a territory to be recognised as occupied by the Fourth Geneva Convention, a territory must have changed hands in a conflict in which one country takes control of foreign territory. In Israel’s case, the only other country that controlled the territory in question was Jordan. Yet, Jordan relinquished all claims to the territory in 1988 and recognised the territory as part of Israel in a peace treaty signed in 1994.


Thus, even if Israel’s capture of the territory in 1967 is considered an occupation, the fact that Jordan later relinquished all its claims and then recognised the territory as part of the State of Israel means any such occupation is long over.

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But for argument’s sake let us play devil’s advocate and assume Israel is still an occupier to this day, as some might argue, despite the lack of an international conflict. Then, are the settlements illegal?

The answer is still no, here is why:

The convention only applies to states that are a party to the convention itself. Thus, both the occupier and the occupied must be a signatory to the convention in order for it to apply. Since the Arabs of the “West bank” are not a state, they are not a signatory to the Convention, therefore the Fourth Geneva Convention does not apply to this conflict. This position is shared by Professor Julius Stone, one of the 20th century’s leading authorities on international law, “Israel and Palestine, Assault on the Law of Nations” discourse 2, pg. 177.

This was also the position of a French Court of Appeals which stated: the Palestinian Authority is not a party to the Fourth Geneva Convention and therefore the convention does not apply to them.

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Even the dead are denied...

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20...-palestinians/

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Defence minister Bennett instructs security authorities to cease releasing bodies of terrorists.

So far, Israel only kept holding the bodies of Hamas militants or other individuals affiliated with the terror group. Israel also continues to hold the bodies of terrorists who carried out serious attacks on Israeli civilians and troops.
The rest of the bodies are returned gradually to Palestinian hands, usually on Friday evenings, when public attention in Israel is not directed to it.
In the past, Israel returned the bodies of terrorists to prevent escalations in violence, but terrorist funerals have become a breeding ground for violence and incitement against Israel as mourners regularly call for vengeance on Israel.
Goldin's family lauded on Wednesday Bennet's decision to change the policy.

"We back the defence minister's decision," said the family. "It is inconceivable to continue releasing dead or living terrorists while the soldiers are held in Hamas's hands."

The release of terrorists is a prize that we cannot give Hamas while they're still holding soldiers and civilians."

The bodies of IDF soldiers Goldin and Oron Shaul have been held in the Gaza Strip by Hamas since 2014. (2014 ,2014 2014 !!!!!!)

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Either way it's an awful way for civilised human beings to behave. No excuses for either side. Shameful hardly does it!