Jewish Rights in the Holy Land and Beyond

The Jewish People are Standing up for their Legal Rights to Their National Home… Multiple acts of International law recognize all of the Land of Israel/Palestine as part of what today is called the State of Israel. These laws were adopted to protect the rights of the Jewish People and their National Home. Israel’s settlements are neither illegitimate nor illegal under International Law. The Mandate for Palestine recognizes and encourages the right of Jewish settlement in all the land of Israel/Palestine. The legal boundaries of the Jewish National Home include the entire State of Israel, all Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria (West Bank), the Gaza Strip, and more. Under international law, “no Palestine territory shall be ceded” from the Jewish National Home. The United States may not demand a settlement construction freeze, label settlements illegitimate or illegal, or call on Israel to surrender any territory allocated to the Jewish National Home In 1924, the U.S. and British signed the Anglo-American Treaty which includes the entire text of the Mandate for Palestine. Therefore, the U.S. recognized the right of Jewish settlement in all the land of Israel/Palestine. Since the U.S. Constitution calls a treaty the “Supreme Law of the Land,” any policy or demands the United States makes contrary to the Mandate violates the rights protected by the treaty and is therefore illegal under U.S. law. Israel’s presence in Judea and Samaria (West Bank), Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip cannot be interpreted as an occupation under International Law. The 1907 Hague Regulations define the criteria for an occupation. None of the territory in Israel’s possession can be defined as an occupation. The territories, including the lands placed under control of the Palestinian Authority as part of the interim agreements, are all within Israel’s legal borders according the 1920 agreements at San Remo and the Mandate for Palestine. There has been no act of international law that has changed the borders of the Jewish National Home. The borders from the Mandate are still legally binding today. Rights aren’t terminated when a treaty expires or is terminated. The purpose of the Mandate for Palestine was to protect the rights of the Jewish People and all the other inhabitants of Palestine. The Mandate and the 1924 treaty were terminated in 1948; However, International Law dictates that the expiration of a treaty does not affect or terminate any rights created through the execution of the treaty. This is called the Doctrine of Acquired Legal Rights, and it means the Jewish People’s rights cannot be taken away. 1947 UN Partition Plan (UNGA Resolution 181) neither created the State of Israel nor changed its borders 1947 UN Partition Plan (UNGA Resolution 181) was a non-binding recommendation to partition Palestine. The plan was rejected by the Arabs, and accepted by the Jewish Agency, subject to Arab acceptance. Since it was rejected by the Arabs, it certainly cannot have any legal effect on Israel’s borders. Resolution 181 violated the Mandate for Palestine. The International Court of Justice at The Hague would later rule that the Mandates are legally binding laws and cannot be altered. Furthermore, the UN General Assembly cannot make laws, create countries, or change borders. The legal borders of the State of Israel remain as agreed under the Mandate for Palestine, and as per Article 5 of the Mandate for Palestine, they cannot be altered. So, join in and stand up for the legal rights of the Jewish People to their National Home! For more information visit w w w . J u s t i c e N o w 4 I s r a e l . c o m Office for Israeli Constitutional Law is an Israeli non-profit organization. Reg: 58-035-937-0