No, under international law, they couldn't simply evict the Palestinians. Do you think the Trail of Tears was justified? How about the deportation of Armenians as part of the Armenian genocide? Israel was supposed to administer the land, not steal it without compensation. That is why the UN passed Resolution 194, which states: "The United Nations General Assembly adopts resolution 194 (III), resolving that 'refugees wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with their neighbours should be permitted to do so at the earliest practicable date, and that compensation should be paid for the property of those choosing not to return and for loss of or damage to property which, under principles of international law or equity, should be made good by the Governments or authorities responsible.'" Israel must, under international law, either accommodate all Palestinians who choose to return or compensate them for their stolen property. Until Israel faces up to its mendacious and genocidal past, Palestinians are going to hate and resent it. |
Oops. Hamas and other Palestinian organizations repeatedly violated that clause. |
So under Resolution 194, under international law, militant organizations like Hamas do not have a right to be there. |
But in most cases the displaced Palestinians didn't own the property. Much of the property had been owned by Ottoman landlords and if anyone would under that law be entitled to compensation it would have been the landowners. |
Except in Israel's case, people don't "go back." Israel would like nothing more than to drive Palestinian civilians across the border into Egypt (or send them to the Congo) and then seal the borders to prevent their return. Israel has set a clear precedent here. Once Palestinians have been ethnically cleansed, Israel moves in and steals their land. It's been doing this since the Nakba, and it continues the process in the West Bank. Israel was built on ethnically cleansing the rightful owners of the land and then preventing their return. Netanyahu said early in the war that Palestinians would have to give up land. Under no circumstances should Gazans have to leave their land, as it would only fall into the predatory hands of Israel. Jared Kushner is already salivating over the money to be made in beachfront properties in Gaza once the Gazans have been killed off or deported. |
Actually, Israel won't allow the Palestinians' right to return because Palestinians returning from exile would quickly outnumber Jews. Israel is strongly invested in keeping the number of Israeli Arabs much lower than the number of Israeli Jews. Also, Israel has not compensated Palestinians for the land, money, possessions, and lives that it has stolen over the past several decades. Until Israel honors 194, Palestinians have no duty to honor 181. |
This 40 eyes for an eye, 50 teeth for a tooth strategy is not going to work long-term. Palestinians also have the right to defend themselves, and, as they're not a state and don't have a state army, some of them will inevitably wage guerrilla warfare. There will be more and greater terrorist attacks in retaliation. For those pushing the "Israel has the right to starve babies to death" narrative, please understand that you are making the case for Palestinian terrorists to commit similar atrocities. |
Most of them were tenants and not landowners. |
Why is it that Palestine would dictate the when and until? Shouldn't that be up to the UN General Assembly, since those are their resolutions? |
I think that in accordance with 194 Israel would be well within its rights to kick them all out and then screen each person seeking to return individually to ensure they will live at peace with their neighbors and only then determine if they are in fact entitled to some compensation. And if they engage in hostilities they get kicked out again and forfeit their compensation. |
The "starving of babies" issue is because Hamas is still making it unsafe to conduct large-scale humanitarian relief efforts. Blame Hamas for that. If they stand down, there will be no barriers to providing aid. |
How is it that one of the most advanced and well funded militaries in the world, with the backing of billions of dollars from the US, is too stupid and incompetent to find Hamas fighters without starving babies to death? |
Uhhh likely because Hamas has one of the most massive and extensive secret tunnel systems outside of China and North Korea? On another note, is that your strategy now, just come up with whatever pretzel argument you pull out of your ass without even putting an iota of real thought into it? |
I'm just forcing you to reveal your biases and assumptions. |
How many UN resolutions has Israel flouted? Israel loves to trumpet 181 and is very quiet about 194. According to the UN, Palestinians have either the right of return or full compensation. Israel is trying to have everything its own way. The time of privileging Israelis over everyone else is over. |