Review: The Jewish People’s Rights to the Land of Israel
why hasn’t someone done this before?
Especially when almost every mass media outlet can’t mention Jewish communities outside of the 1949 armistice lines without adding ‘which are illegal under international law,’ when NGOs funded by Israel’s enemies invent legal principles to suit their purposes, when the President of the US takes it upon himself to demand that ‘settlements must stop,’ when the false historical narrative of the Palestinians is more and more being accepted into the conventional wisdom, there is a need for a simple exposition of the facts, an antidote to the lies and inventions.
On the strength of the concept of ‘self-determination’ advocated by President Wilson in 1918, the Jewish people acquired legal sovereignty in Palestine, based on their historical connection to the land, even though this sovereignty was held in abeyance for the duration of the Mandate period. These national rights in Palestine were exclusive to the Jewish people, who became the national beneficiary under the Mandates System. Britain was assigned a triple role: a) as Mandatory, to secure the establishment of the Jewish National Home… b) as Trustee, to preserve the whole land in trust for the benefit of the Jewish people; and c) as Tutor… The Legal Title to Palestine was therefore transferred from the Allied Powers … to the Jewish people. [loc 1285, emphasis in the original]