It's always satisfying to encounter a non-troll.
Yes, you're right- and anybody taking the trouble to understand the differences between ' nation ' and ' state ' will quickly realize that both Jews and Palestinians have been nations for a sizable chunk of documented history.
However, there was a sea-change in perceptions of nations, ' states' and their borders after WW2, as you rightly point out , with the development of the United Nations as a democratic world body intended to prevent the scourge of war forever. rge
The UN became the overseer of its members, with their consent, and it drew upon all extant customary , international and humanitarian law in order to forge an authority which could then arbitrate between member states. The borders of these member states were fixed and can never be changed without the consent of interested parties. No territory can ever be gained by means of war and , indeed, war itself is illegal.
The point I'm making here, again, is that the creatioin of the Uniited Nations- and the world's support for it- meant that modern international law became the highest authority. So historic claims to Palestine, Arab and Jewish , must conform to the authority of modern international law. It wouldn't matter one iota if somebody turned up with a set of stone tablets designating all of Palestine as being Arab and signed by god. The UN is a higher authority.
Palestine became a UN recognized state in 2012- although its statehood was held in trust since 1947.
Israel became a UN recognized state in 1948.
It's as simple as that.
Territory can never be gained by force and the Israeli occupation must end. It's the law.
These guys can all fuck off;
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