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| US peace plan won’t be based on international consensus, says envoy |
| 2019-07-24 |
| [IsraelTimes] The much-anticipated US peace plan will not be based on international consensus, the administration’s peace envoy Jason Greenblatt tells the United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... Security Council. International law, he adds, is no guide to resolving the conflict. "We will not get to the bottom of whose interpretation of ’international law’ is correct on this conflict. There is no judge, jury, or court in the world that the parties involved have agreed to give jurisdiction [to] in order to decide whose interpretations are correct," Greenblatt tells the Council. "International law with respect to this conflict is a tricky subject that could be discussed and argued for years without ever reaching a conclusion. So we can spend years and years arguing what the law is and whether it is enforceable, and prolong the ongoing suffering. Or we could acknowledge the futility of that approach." Likewise, the many UN resolutions on the conflict, cited by many as the base line for a future peace treaty, are contested by Israel and will thus not lead to a breakthrough, he adds. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 It depends on what your definition of 'is' is. Who knew Slick Willie was Jewish? |
| Posted by: Texhooey 2019-07-24 12:30 |