The Security Council has no jurisdiction over settlement construction

Israpundit ^ | June 14/08 | Ted Belman

[tedbel]

Saudi Arabia is making moves to put a resolution before the Security Council dealing with Israeli settlement construction. So far the exact resolution hasn't been formulated let alone tabled but is expected to demand a cessation of building additional housing units.

The only question raised to date is whether the US will veto it. American U.N. ambassador, Alejandro Wolff, said.

America will evaluate any council proposal "on several criteria," "Will it contribute to resolving the underlying problem or, conversely, is this designed simply to embarrass, to isolate, to impede, and to obstruct progress?"

But the more important question is, does it have the right? At the San Remo Conference in 1922, the Allied Supreme Command, consisting of Britain, France, Italy and Japan, conducted hearings to determine the allocation of the Ottoman Empire lands into Mandates for future states. As the victors over the Ottoman Empire, they had the legal authority to dispose of the land and set boundaries.

They conducted a hearing on the question of Palestine at which evidence was presented by the Arabs and the Jews. Judgement was rendered in favour of the Jews. Thus the matter of who is entitled to build on the land is res judicata

The Mandate for Palestine, passed in 1922 confirmed this Judgement and provided for close settlement of the land by Jews. All other inhabitants, Arabs included, were denied political rights.

When the United Nations replaced League of Nations in 1945, all previous Mandates and other agreements were assumed by it without change.

In 1947 the General Assembly recommended Partition of the land into an Arab State and a Jewish one.

[EagleUSA]

Ah, yes, Saudi Arabia, the friends of our State Department, and our liberal pols who continue to suppress oil drilling in and around the U.S. — just follow the money (U.S. debt) to figure it all out.

[RC2]

As far as I’m concerned, the UN does not have jurisdiction over anything.

[yorkie01]

Saudis, just stuff it. You don’t have a dog in this fight!