The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) presumptuously calls itself “The Collective Voice of The Muslim World,” and simple observation of its activities would seem to place it as Islam’s political Caliphate. One would wonder, then, how such a single-interest organization could lay claim to such a disproportionate amount of the United Nations’ attention. https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/19376/oic-un-israel
Read More +Islam’s Colonial History
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Evidently most people don’t know Islam‘s colonial history. For example, colonialism like when Arab Muslims colonized Africa and sold African slaves to the west. Or colonialism like when Arab Muslims conquered and occupied the Middle East from Baghdad and Cairo to Marrakesh. Or when Muslims invaded Jerusalem in 638 AD. Colonialism like that. We are also talking about what Muslims did in the 7th century when Mohammad took over Saudi Arabia at the end of a blade ravaging entire communities, enslaving women and beheading all the men. It’s been more than half a million days since Mohammad cut off the
Read More +On the site called Israel-Arab Conflict FAQ, there is an introduction and it reads: “Israel has been losing the media war in regards to the Israeli-Arab conflict. This simple ‘Question and Answer’ formatted document is meant to help people argue and debase Arab and Palestinian claims.” Question #17 on the FAQ is: What are Israel’s legal rights and title to Yehuda, Shomron and Azza? The answer to this question outlines the (at least) triple underpinning of sovereignty Israel has in Judea, Samaria, and Gaza. (In east Jerusalem, Israel has no less than a quadruple underpinning of sovereignty, since its annexation
Read More +Eugene Kontorovich is a Professor at Northwestern University School of Law whose research spans the fields of constitutional law, international law, and law and economics. He is an expert in international jurisdiction and criminal law, and has written extensively about the legal aspects of the Israeli-Arab conflict.
Read More +An interview with Professor Eugene Kontorovich by Sarah Haetzni-Cohen A version of this interview first appeared in Hebrew in Makor Rishon on March 23, 2018. Professor Eugene Kontorovich is the head of the international law department of the Kohelet Policy Forum and a fellow of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. He teaches at the Law Faculty of Northwestern University. Born in Ukraine, Professor Kontorovich spent most of his adult life in the United States. Several years ago, he moved to Israel with his family. Q: From the viewpoint of international law, how can the legal position of Judea and
Read More +1) Demand that Britain apologize for the 1917 Balfour Declaration, which first committed Britain to reestablish the Jewish homeland in what was then called Palestine. Britain had given “without any right, authority or consent from anyone, the land of Palestine to another people.” 2) Your low-informed tweets rewrite the Jews out of their own history by fabricating an entirely fictitious Palestinian story. The only people for whom the Land of Israel and the disputed territories have ever been their national kingdom are the Jews. 3) Palestinians complain more about Israel than they do about the absence of a state of
Read More +Muslim armies conquered Jerusalem in 638 CE. The occupying forces built al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock shrine atop the ruins of the Jewish Temple.
Read More +The land in Silwan was purchased in 1881 by Yemeni Jews who built their homes there until they were ethnically cleansed by Jordanians in 1929. It still belongs to Yemeni Jews, so building by palestinians on this land is illegal. Moreover, the Arab Muslims were so arrogant and convinced that the Jews would never come back, they did not bother to change the land registration which remained under the names of its rightful owners.
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