By David Singer ——Bio and Archives--December 29, 2016
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"to tell the Americans that there are unique aspects to the status of the territories and to our status in the territories. Before the Six-Day War, the Gaza Strip wasn't Egyptian territory, and the West Bank, too, was territory that had been occupied and annexed by Jordan without international recognition. Given this ambiguous, indeterminate territorial situation, the question of the convention's applicability is complex and unclear prior to a peace agreement that includes setting secure and recognized borders."2. Carr claims Meron is alive today, an eminent international jurist. He says he was right then and is right now. No evidence is supplied by Carr to substantiate that claim--which is obviously rebutted by Meron's revised 1968 opinion to Rabin. Why did Carr fail to mention Meron's 1968 epiphany?
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David Singer is an Australian Lawyer, a Foundation Member of the International Analyst Network and Convenor of Jordan is Palestine International—an organization calling for sovereignty of the West Bank and Gaza to be allocated between Israel and Jordan as the two successor States to the Mandate for Palestine. Previous articles written by him can be found at: jordanispalestine.blogspot.com