[monkeyshine]

I rely on the official position of the Conference of High Contracting Parties To the Fourth Geneva Convention held on July 15th, 1999:

No. You rely on The participating High Contracting Parties. That is not all the parties, and specifically excludes those who refused to participate in the conference and/or the position statement.

Unfortunately, they are not a judicial body or an impartial trier of fact. They are a political block which makes decisions based on political considerations. Their pronouncements are not enforceable nor should they be considered fair and impartial considerations of all relevent facts.

[E Rocc]

I rely on the official position of the Conference of High Contracting Parties To the Fourth Geneva Convention held on July 15th, 1999:

No. You rely on The participating High Contracting Parties. That is not all the parties, and specifically excludes those who refused to participate in the conference and/or the position statement.

Precisely two nations did not participate: the US and Israel. I suspect Clinton was trolling for Gore-votes.

In the Mitchell Committee Report (which has been specifically endorsed as US policy by President Bush), the settlements are specifically stated to be a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention. That means the only signatory nation that does not have that opinion is Israel.

-Eric

[jpl]

Answer the question in post #42.

[jpl]

My apologies monkeyshine, that was supposed to be addressed to faintpraise, not to you.