[Hanan Ashrawi, a Palestine Liberation Organization official]
Well, if there’s any PLO I trust, it’s Hanan Ashrawi. /as if it should be necessary to have an “s” there
Former girlfriend of Peter Jennings who did a special on Jerusalem. (no, I didn’t waste my time on that one - A Gilligan’s Island rerun would have been a better time investment).
Taking Netanyahu at his word, Palestinians seeking statehood in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem called his settlement annexation remarks a violation of international law regarding occupied territory.
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“international law regarding occupied territory.”
It was occupied alright, but by Transjordan who invaded the territory in 1948. The British gave 77% of the Palestinian Mandate to a Saudi Prince in 1922. The promise was that the remaining area west of the Jordan was to be the Jewish Homeland. In fact Jewish settlers were moved from east of the Jordan, with this promise.
After Transjordan invaded the “West Bank”, it changed its name to Jordan, because Transjordan meant east of the Jordan River, and now they occupied the area west of the Jordan. Tansjordan also gave citizenship to all Arab residents in the occupied area.
The area became known as “The West Bank” in 1967 after Jordan lost it to Israel, after they again attacked Israel.
The occupant identified themselves as Arab or Jordanian prior to 1967. After 1967 they started calling themselves “Palestinians”, a name only the Jewish refugees referred to themselves as prior to the creation of the state of Israel.