Israel conquered the West Bank and East Jerusalem from Jordan, not Palestine.
Israel conquered the West Bank and East Jerusalem from Jordan, not Palestine.
You can't steal something from someone who's never been entitled to it in the first place.
You can't steal something from someone who's never been entitled to it in the first place.
Two nationalist aspirations that cancel each other within the same space don't usually work out.
Two nationalist aspirations that cancel each other within the same space don't usually work out.
Saying that Palestine is southern Syria is pretty much diminishing whatever nationalism was in there beforehand.
Saying that Palestine is southern Syria is pretty much diminishing whatever nationalism was in there beforehand.
Israel's signature of the UN Charter has nothing to do with said period, because it didn't happen yet.
And no, the Montvideo Convention says nothing about who declares independence first.
Israel's signature of the UN Charter has nothing to do with said period, because it didn't happen yet.
And no, the Montvideo Convention says nothing about who declares independence first.
Israel did have every right to claim the entirety of formerly Mandatory Palestine as its own between the two dates, seeing as a Palestinian sovereignty was only proclaimed four months after Israel was.
Israel did have every right to claim the entirety of formerly Mandatory Palestine as its own between the two dates, seeing as a Palestinian sovereignty was only proclaimed four months after Israel was.