Hmmm...might have something to do with the fact that there's not a nation in the world (including the US) that would support them if they violated international law so grossly.Try the Geneva Convention, and you're wrong about everyone but us and the Arabs. Hell, the USA is the most pro-Israel nation in the world right now, and our official position is the squatter camps (aka "settlements") need to go.What international law? They already own the West Bank in everybody's eyes except the USA and the arabs.
As for the rest of the world....in 1999 there was a meeting of the Geneva Convention signatories. All attended except the US and Israel. There was a unanimous vote that the rules of the Convention regarding occupied territories applied to the West Bank. Those include bans on collective punishment, wholesale expulsion of the civilian population, and transferring your own civilians into occupied areas.
-Eric
You meant to say forcibly transferring your own civilians into occupied areas., didn't you? I admit, it defeats your arguement, but the truth is the truth, no matter how distasteful. Or are you suggesting that Israel forces Jews there at the point of a gun?
BTW, just from whom is Israel occupying those territories? They were offered to the Arabs as a homeland in 47, but they turned them down cold. Egypt doesn't claim Gaza. Jordan doesn't claim the West Bank. There is no recognized state claiming those lands as we speak. It's Israel's right to annex them if she wishes.
If you're looking for illegal population transfers I'd suggest looking places like Rwanda, Tibet, or the Balkans. The UN isn't.
BTW, a meeting of the conention signatories without all the signatories and with out signatures is as useful as the new war crimes tribunal, which I assume you assert Americans are subject to.
The Geneva Convention doesn't apply here. If you think it does, tell me the nation-states involved.
Hell, the USA is the most pro-Israel nation in the world right now,
Sentiment is irrelevent. Most countries recognize the West Bank as Israeli territory and have their embassies in Jerusalem. Except us and the arabs.
... and our official position is the squatter camps (aka "settlements") need to go.
Which squatter camps and go where? What's your point here?
And tell me who gives a sh!t what our "official" position is! If you want to know what our real position is, just follow the money.
As for the rest of the world....in 1999 there was a meeting of the Geneva Convention signatories
Oh, yeah. That's about as binding, enforceable, and as useless as teats on a boar.
Got anything useful to add to the discussion?