Showdown: UK Leaders Tie Judea-Samaria Sanctions to Palestinian State as Sa'ar Blasts London 'Interference' | CBN
"We announced what we did (on Tuesday) because we believe that the only way forward for security for the Israeli people and the Palestinian people is a two-state solution: two viable and secure states alongside each other, and that prospect is being destroyed by the facts on the ground," Miliband stated. ***Please sign up for CBN Newsletters and download the CBN News app to receive the latest news from a Christian perspective.*** However, international attorney Natasha Hausdorff maintains that Judea and Samaria are legally occupied territory, and points to a principle of international law called "Uti Possidetis Juris," roughly translated as "As you possess under the law." She explained, “And it says that the new states inherit the pre-existing administrative lines of whatever unit preceded it. In Israel’s case, the unit that preceded it was the British Mandate for Palestine.” Hausdorff argues that under this principle, when Israel declared its independence on May 14th, 1948, it inherited the boundaries of the British Mandate, including Judea and Samaria. Hausdorff noted, "It puts the lie to so many of these falsehoods that are propagated about Israel using international legal terminology, “occupation” being a very prominent factor. It also goes to show that "illegal settlements" is a false claim. It is a false claim to justify the idea that Jews shouldn’t live in Judea and Samaria, or that parts of this territory should be ethnically cleansed of Jews.” The U.K.
