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Map of the Mandate for Palestine, San Remo, April 24, 1920, by Eli E. Hertz
Plate II · Mandate for PalestineSan Remo · April 24, 1920
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  1. 01Mandate for PalestineThe legal foundation, 1920 to 194887
  2. 02UN Resolutions181, 242, 338, and the record65
  3. 03Jerusalem3,000 years of history67
  4. 04The TerritoriesJudea, Samaria and Gaza in law124
  5. 05Refugees1948, UNRWA, and return16
  1. 06RejectionismA century of refused compromise41
  2. 07International LawTreaties, borders, and rights104
  3. 08Terrorism and IncitementThe campaign against the state73
  4. 09The Six-Day War1967 and its aftermath28
  5. 10PeoplehoodNationhood and its claims22
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Writing

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Featured essay · 2015

Do Palestinians Deserve Statehood?

A comparison of European Union standards applied to Turkey’s EU candidacy versus those applied to Palestinian statehood aspirations, revealing a disparity in benchmarking and accountability requirements.

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  1. 02Islam's Tenuous Connection to JerusalemDespite 1,300 years of Muslim Arab rule, Jerusalem was never the capital of an Arab entity, nor was it ever mentioned in the Palestine Liberation Organization’s …
  2. 03Rejectionism - Over 100 Years of Chronic Arab RejectionismThe history of the Arab-Israeli conflict reveals 24 major junctures when compromise was offered since the 1920s, dating from pre-state, League of Nations Mandate to the …
  3. 04Mandate For Palestine - The Legal Aspects of Jewish Rights“When it is asked what is meant by the development of the Jewish National Home in Palestine, it may be answered that it is not the imposition of a Jewish nationality upon …
  4. 05Palestinians 'Peoplehood' Based on a Big LieThe Palestinian claim to ancient and indigenous peoplehood fails to stand up to historic scrutiny. Most Palestinian Arabs were newcomers to British Mandate Palestine, …
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Maps

The maps behind the case: borders, treaties, and history at a glance.

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Books

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Mandate for Palestine

The legal foundation of Jewish rights under international law, from San Remo to the League of Nations Mandate.

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'Reply' to the ICJ

His reply to the 2004 International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on the security fence.

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Jerusalem

One nation's capital throughout 3,000 years of history.

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About

Eli E. Hertz

Eli E. Hertz

He founded Myths and Facts to answer distortions about Israel with the documented record, drawing on more than 25,000 documents from British and international archives.

“These are not things that I imagined. They gave us legal rights.”
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