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In reply to the discussion: Israel mulls steps against the Palestinians over U.N. bid [View all]shira
(30,109 posts)84. It's not just Balfour. The LoN 'Mandate for Palestine' is the basis...
...for a Jewish homeland including what is now the WB. It was later adopted by the UN.
http://stateofisrael.com/mandate/
IOW, it's international law.
Seems you're confusing the British Mandate with the LoN Mandate for Palestine.
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"legalization of dozens of outposts" AKA Steal their land if they get uppity.
R. Daneel Olivaw
Nov 2012
#1
Shaktimaan already proved you don't understand what the term "Apartheid " means
King_David
Nov 2012
#7
No, he didn't prove anything at all. You merely agreed with his opinion...
Violet_Crumble
Nov 2012
#10
I believe that King D. is trying to paint others as evil anti-semites.
R. Daneel Olivaw
Nov 2012
#16
I never said you said it outright, but I believe you started the groundwork for it.
R. Daneel Olivaw
Nov 2012
#20
If Israel were to dismantle all of the illegal settlements on Palestinian lands
R. Daneel Olivaw
Nov 2012
#77
Shhhh. Yr supposed to refer to it as 'a Jerusalem neighbourhood', not disputed or occupied n.t
Violet_Crumble
Nov 2012
#14
For someone claiming to be intelligent, the least you could do is quote me correctly
shira
Nov 2012
#51
It looks to me as if you don't actually know what your own position is, Shira
Scootaloo
Nov 2012
#69
Why are you claiming you wrote something completely different than what you did?
Violet_Crumble
Nov 2012
#72
Apart from what Scoot said, that Greater Israel crap has never been welcome here at DU...
Violet_Crumble
Nov 2012
#33
No, yr talking about Israelis, and they don't have a legal right to settle there...
Violet_Crumble
Nov 2012
#42
Do you not bother reading the replies to yr posts? Someone's already pointed out where yr wrong...
Violet_Crumble
Nov 2012
#44
You're avoiding the question. That land was allotted as part of a Jewish homeland...
shira
Nov 2012
#45
take a gander at the original partition to see what was established as who's homeland
azurnoir
Nov 2012
#34