@MontereyJack,
MontereyJack wrote:Oralloy, for one of his peculiar and opaque reasons, thinks Israeli settlements in the West Bank aren't illegal.
Hardly peculiar and opaque. The proper means of handing land over to the Palestinians is through a negotiated peace agreement.
Absent any negotiated peace agreement, there is no requirement for Israel to give up any land.
MontereyJack wrote:Pretty much the entire rest of the world, not least the International Court of Justice, disagrees with him, because the settlements violate numerous agreements, accords, and the Geneva Conventions.
Those agreements and accords only require land to be turned over to the Palestinians as part of a peace agreement.
Israel is under no obligation to hand land over to people who refuse to make peace with them.
MontereyJack wrote:I'd say they have more law on their side than oralloy does.
The law only requires land to be handed over as part of a peace agreement.
If people refuse to make peace with Israel, Israel is under no obligation to give up any land to them.