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The United Nations Charter
The League of Nations was disbanded after World War II and became the United Nations in 1945.
The United Nations adopted in its founding charter all the legal rights of the San Remo agreement as well as the Palestine Mandate. Article 80 of the UN Charter specifically speaks of Israel as
it was a “mandated territory” that was “placed within the trusteeship system of the UN.” Article 79 of the UN Charter stipulates that territories within the trusteeship system cannot be altered or amended unless “agreed upon by the states directly concerned, including the mandatory power.”
The UN Charter is an international treaty and every nation that joins the UN must adhere to the terms of this treaty. Furthermore, the UN itself is bound by this treaty.
In 1946, Jordan was established as
a sovereign state in the land east of the
Jordan River (Transjordan). It was given
to the Hashemite rulers of the land.
Two years later, the British Mandate for Palestine ended and the Jewish people declared sovereignty in Palestine on May 14, 1948, establishing the Jewish state of Israel in the area west of the Jordan River.
Israel is a recognised state of the United Nations meaning Israel’s rights as a nation were further ratified by Article 2 of the UN Charter. Article 2 gives further protection to states and stops the UN, or any of its member states, from taking action that threatens the “territorial integrity or political independence of any state.”
Contrary to popular belief, the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council have no power to enact international law and cannot redefine the boundaries of recognised states. If it did so it would breach Article 2 of its Charter. No UN partition plan is legally binding. No resolution condemning Israel is either. And even the Oslo Accords signed between Israel and the Palestinians made no agreement to final borders.
Israel’s claim to the land, therefore, remains enshrined in international law to this day thanks to the San Remo Resolution, the Mandate for Palestine and Article 80 of the UN
Charter.
Furthermore, a UN Member State agrees to
the UN Charter, meaning they are all bound to this international treaty.
Jordan’s Illegal Occupation of Judea and Samaria
When Israel declared its independence in 1948, the Arab nations surrounding Israel immediately attacked. Armies from Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Jordan and Egypt, as well as Arab militias living within Israel, attacked the fledgling Jewish state. During the conflict, Jordan captured large parts of Judea and Samaria, including East Jerusalem. Egypt captured the area of Gaza.
This was an illegal occupation in contravention of international law, and Jordan and Egypt remained illegal occupiers of Israeli land until 1967. During the Six Day War, six Arab armies amassed on Israel’s border in an attempt to wipe out Israel once and for all. The plan backfired completely for the Arab states. Israel fought a defensive war against these armies and
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