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Tag Archives: International Law
The status of West Bank settlements under international law.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cannot rewrite international law. By John McHugo , Balfour Project Trustee and International Lawyer Following the comments by the US Secretary of State on Monday, we have felt it necessary to clarify the legal … Continue reading
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Tagged International Law, Settlements
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Let’s not pretend Washington ever really tried to stop Israeli settlements
Aaron David Miller and Daniel Kurtzer, The Washington Post Published 6:19 am EST, Friday, November 22, 2019 By most accounts, the Trump administration’s decision to treat Israel’s settlement enterprise as a legal endeavor is a retreat by the United States from … Continue reading
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Tagged International Law, Israel, Settlements, United States
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Britain’s Secret Re-Assessment of the Balfour Declaration. The Perfidy of Albion, by John Quigley
John Quigley* President’s Club Professor in Law, Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States of America From the Journal of the History of International Law Revue d’histoire du droit international Volume 13, Number 2, 2011 … Continue reading
Posted in 1921-23, Balfour, History
Tagged !922 White paper, 1915, 1917, 1922, 1923, Balfour Declaration, British Mandate, Churchill, Curzon, Duke of Devonshire, International Law, League of Nations, McMahon, Sacred Trust of civilisation, Victor Cavendish, Weizmann, Zionism
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Britain’s betrayal of the sacred trust in Palestine, Prof John Dugard
Extracts from a talk given by Professor John Dugard, at the Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestine fringe meeting during the party’s annual conference in Brighton in September 2012. Let me now turn to Britain’s sacred trust British policy towards Palestine … Continue reading
Posted in 1921-23, Articles, Balfour, Perspectives
Tagged 1917, 1922, Balfour Declaration, British Mandate, International Law, John Dugard, Middle East, Palestine, Palestine Mandate, Sacred Trust of civilisation
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