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Table of Contents

  1. Preface
  2. Introduction
  3. 1. Testifying Against Israel
  4. 2. “Mandate for Palestine”
    1. 1920 - Original territory assigned to the Jewish National Home
    2. 1922 - Final territory assigned to the Jewish National Home
    3. The ICJ’s faulty reading of the “Mandate.”
    4. Palestine is a geographical area, not a nationality.
    5. The ICJ erred in identifying the “Mandate for Palestine” as a Class “A” Mandate.
    6. Identifying the “Mandate for Palestine” as Class “A” was vital to the ICJ.
    7. Political rights were granted to Jews only.
    8. Origin of the “Mandate for Palestine” the ICJ overlooked.
    9. The ICJ attempts to overcome historical facts.
  5. 3. Jerusalem & the Holy Places
    1. The ICJ fixation - Internationalization of Jerusalem.
    2. The UN General Assembly and the Security Council have limited influence on the future of Jerusalem.
    3. The Myth of ‘Two Jerusalems,’ an Arab ‘East Jerusalem’ and a Jewish ‘West Jerusalem.’
    4. Jerusalem’s Jewish link: Historic, Religious, Political.
  6. 4. UN Resolution 181
    1. Recommended “Partition Plan,” November 29, 1947
    2. The ICJ assumes that Israel’s independence is a result of a partial implementation of the “Partition Plan.”
    3. Arabs absolute rejectionism of UN Resolution 181.
    4. ICJ — “Armed conflict then broke out.”
    5. Israel overcomes Arab aggression at a terrible cost.
    6. The Arab Palestinians and the “clean hand” principle.
  7. 5. Self-Defence
    1. Article 51 — The Right to Self-Defence
    2. The ICJ lacks the authority to amend or ‘interpret’ Article 51.
    3. When Use of Force is Lawful
    4. Palestinian terrorism is an act of aggression.
    5. Self-defence should be used against “all perpetrators” of terrorism “whomever” they are.
    6. The ICJ suggests: Israelis have to face deadly acts of violence, and lack the right for self-defence.
  8. 6. Terrorism
    1. The ICJ ignores relevant bilateral treaties, including the Oslo Accords.
    2. The ICJ then takes liberties with the content of the Oslo Accords, claiming erroneously:
    3. Report of the UN High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change.
  9. 7. ICJ Brands Israel the Aggressor
    1. Israel’s enemies unsuccessful in branding Israel the aggressor.
  10. 8. UN Resolutions 242 and 338
  11. 9. Legality of Jewish Settlements
    1. Border Changes As Arabs Initiate Wars of Aggression
    2. The UN Charter does not grant the General Assembly or the International Court of Justice the authority to assign or affect ‘ownership’ of the Territories.
    3. The Territories and the war of words.
    4. International law allows for “just wars” and “lawful occupation.”
    5. ICJ selective writing falsifies historical documents.
    6. Ignoring just wars and legal occupation.
    7. The ICJ charges that Jewish settlements in the West Bank are populated by settlers ‘deported by force.’
    8. By default, ICJ support of the “Mandate for Palestine” suggests it is actually supporting Jewish settlement in Palestine. Is the ICJ confused?
    9. UN Charter and Article 80.
    10. The ICJ ignores the history of Jewish life in the area called Palestine.
    11. Where Jews are and are not permitted to settle.
    12. The Oslo Accords and the Gaza-Jericho agreements recognize Israel legal presence in the “Territories.”
    13. The ICJ’s narrative of how the Territories came into the possession of Israel is void of any context and sanitized of any trace of past and present Arab aggression.
    14. The Principal Allied Powers and the League of Nations recognized Jewish historical rights to the land of Palestine.
  12. 10. The Supreme Court of the State of Israel
    1. The International Court of Justice distorts the Israeli court’s intention.
  13. 11. Arab Behavior and Precedent for Fencing
    1. Is the fence a security measure?
  14. 12. Self-Determination
  15. 13. The ICJ's Mandate
    1. Security barriers in other disputed territories.
    2. The ICJ cannot consider declarations and resolutions of the UN General Assembly as customary international law.
    3. The International Court of Justice lacks the authority to issue a directive to Member States, a function reserved solely to the Security Council.
  16. Epilogue
    1. ICJ – Challenging the power of UN Security Council.
  17. Appendices
    1. Appendix A - Mandate for Palestine
    2. UN Security Council Resolution 1269
    3. UN Security Council Resolution 1368
    4. UN Security Council Resolution 1373
    5. UN Security Council Resolution 1377
    6. UN Security Council Resolution 242
    7. UN Security Council Resolution 338
    8. UN Security Council Resolution 1515
    9. UN General Assembly Resolution 2625
    10. UN General Assembly Resolution 3314
    11. Article 22 Of the Covenant of the League of Nations
    12. PLO Charter
    13. FATEH Constitution
    14. Appendix I - ICJ Advisory Opinion, 9 July 2004
  18. Index

Maps

  1. Mandate for Palestine
    1. 1920 - Original territory assigned to the Jewish National Home
    2. 1922 - Final territory assigned to the Jewish National Home
  2. UN Recommended “Partition Plan”
  3. Border Changes As Arabs Initiate Wars of Agression

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