Israel – The Laws of Rule

Countdown to the Day After

Posted on 28/09/201110/03/2012 by markbtaylor

As the UN Security Council meets behind closed doors today to consider the Palestinian application for UN membership, Mouin Rabbani argues Palestinians should use the UN bid to internationalize attempts to resolve the conflict. On Israel-Palestine, President Obama’s address to the United Nations General Assembly left room for neither doubt nor ambiguity. Simply stated, Washington…

They’re in such a state

Posted on 20/09/201128/09/2011 by markbtaylor

The legal advisors of foreign ministries around the world months ago advised their political bosses that the Palestinian bid for membership at the United Nations is unproblematic. Legally. Palestine certainly meets the standard criteria for recognition as a state (see the 1933 Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States or this excellent summary…