[RBS] Meeting Cancelled tonight: Mark Kaplan

[yehudis schamroth]

Unfortunately- speaker cannot make it- it would have been especually interesting to hear him in light of Netanyahu's plans to meet the others and discuss more building  other isssues that put us in danger!
 
(please his website and stay tuned for future shiur B"D)







ThisThursday, August 26,2010
815-915pm

at the home of Yehudis an Alvin Schamroth
120/6 Hayrden, RBS Alef
Please RSVP if possible as space is limited 


Topic: The Jewish people have rights in  the Land of Israel under International Law; What can be done to secure those rights? 


Israel is always accused of violating international Law, but  no one asks what does international law really say regarding Israel? 




What legal documents and treaties define Israel's sovereign territory?




Are the  UN, U.S., and British  prohibited from demanding Israel cede any territory?




How are Jewish rights in Eretz Yisrael  protected by  U.S. Constitutional law.




Why does Israel's presence in Judea, Samaria, Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip fail to qualify as an occupation under international law, despite global accusations?




What can you do to help secure internationally recognized Jewish rights to Eretz Yisrael?

--- On Sun, 8/22/10, Mark Kaplan <mkaplan at justicenow4israel.com> wrote:


From: Mark Kaplan mkaplan at justicenow4israel.com



Our Web Site is
 www.JusticeNow4israel.com


 


NGO to Clinton: Settlements are legal 
By JACOB KANTER 

www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite

The Office for Israeli Constitutional Law, a non-governmental legal action organization, sent a letter to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last week, warning that by labeling Jewish settlements in the West Bank illegal, she is violating international law. 

The little-known Anglo-American Convention, a treaty signed by the US and British governments in 1924, stipulated that the US fully accepted upon itself the Mandate for Palestine, which declared all of the West Bank within its borders. 

"The treaty has been hidden," said OFICL director Mark Kaplan. "But if you look at the House [of Representatives] deliberations during World War II, people are saying, 'Look, we've invested a lot of money in Palestine, and we expect that this treaty will be upheld.'" 

Though the United Nations' 1947 partition plan declared the West Bank an Arab territory, the mandate's borders still hold today. 

"The mandate expired in 1948 when Israel got its independence," Kaplan said. "But the American-Anglo convention was a treaty that was connected to the mandate. Treaties themselves have no statute of limitations, so their rights go on ad infinitum." 

"The UN partition plan was just that-a plan," said OFICL chairman Michael Snidecor in a statement. "The General Assembly has no authority to create countries or changeborders." 

Clinton's rhetoric, according to Kaplan, has become more and more troubling. 

"Our letter was sent as a result of so many comments that have been made by the secretary of state," he said. "It's part of a process that we've been involved with for a number of months, but we're speeding things up because of the acceleration of recent events." 

A few days after praising Israel for its "unprecedented" actions in freezing settlement activity, Clinton reemphasized the supposedly illegal status of the settlements. 

"The United States believes that settlements are not legitimate," she said. "That has been the policy of our government for 40 years. That is the policy of President [Barack] Obama today and going forward." 

According to Kaplan, the IDF presence in the West Bank has added to this misconception of illegal activity. 

"Israel chose to adopt a policy of military rule in 1967, which makes it smell of occupation," Kaplan said. "And the world says it is illegal occupation because of all the propaganda that's been out there. Israel's presence in Judea and Samaria does not qualify as an occupation under international law because of the Anglo-American Convention, and if you look at the Hague and Geneva conventions." 

The OFICL letter also warned Clinton that if her office does not comply with the civil rights recognized in the Anglo-American convention, OFICL will file a class-action suit in a US district court. 

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu declared a 10-month settlement freeze last Wednesday, but the letter, which was also sent to Netanyahu's office, states that under the legal principle of estoppel - which precludes someone from denying the truth of a fact which has been determined in an official proceeding or by an authoritative body - any demand on Israel to freeze construction within the mandatedborders is illegal under US law. 

According to one adviser, Netanyahu's staff is reviewing the documents and will discuss the issues before replying to OFICL's planned actions.

-- 

Mark Kaplan 
Director, Office for Israeli Constitutional Law 


Join television Producer and Journalist/Director of the Office for Israeli Constitutional Law, Mark Kaplan,  for an important informational shiur on securing your rights.



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