tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445934795757240361.post1764073188239069707..comments2023-11-12T08:44:12.259-08:00Comments on BlueTruth: Israel: The State of the Jewish People, and Rightfully SoAvi Schwartzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09583941877380404390noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445934795757240361.post-75991415368273505302007-11-10T08:20:00.000-08:002007-11-10T08:20:00.000-08:00This is from Ziff "The Rape of Palestine" (1938)Dr...This is from Ziff "The Rape of Palestine" (1938)<BR/><BR/>Dr. W.E. Blackstone, quoting the foremost authorities on international law, pointed out in 1891 that since the Jews never gave up their title to Palestine, the general "law of dereliction" could not hold in in their case; "for they never abandoned the land. They made no treaty; they did not even surrender. They simply succumbed, after the most desperate conflict, to the overwhelming power of the Romans...and were captured or enslaved...Since then, having no sovereign nor political head through whom they could speak, they have disputed the possession of their land by continued protest through their literature and their public and private worship...<BR/>Blackstone quotes the outstanding leading legal luminaries of his day, who agree that the Jewish claim was legally, at least, sound that the Jewish claim is legally sound. He points out that according to the logical precedents established by such authorities as Buswell, Wheaton, Clifford, Phillimore and others, "the forcible manner by which Israel has been kept out of the land, with no means of redress, is equivalent in principle to a continued state of war..."<BR/>The greatest legal authorities have agreed that according to the foundation principles of international law there is no basis for prescription against Israel... therefore THE JEWS HAVE A VALID CLAIM ON PALESTINE AS LONG AS THERE IS A SINGLE ZIONIST ALIVE"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445934795757240361.post-82491364707446138022007-11-05T13:01:00.000-08:002007-11-05T13:01:00.000-08:00"I see Israel as one of the great outposts of demo..."I see Israel as one of the great outposts of democracy in the world," Dr. Martin Luther King declared in 1968, "and a marvelous example of what can be done, how desert land can be transformed into an oasis of brotherhood and democracy." <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the post...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445934795757240361.post-63456876502839591412007-11-04T08:49:00.000-08:002007-11-04T08:49:00.000-08:00I fully agree that Israel has a right to exist. my...I fully agree that Israel has a right to exist. my hope is that someday Israel will be able to live in peace without worrying about suicide bombers, rockets and stabbing/shooting attacks on soldiers and civilians alike. I would like to invite you to check out my website: www.literarycomments.com, which features a regular column called "My View" in which I write about issues relating to Israel and the Middle East.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com