Mostrando entradas con la etiqueta Transjordania. Mostrar todas las entradas
Mostrando entradas con la etiqueta Transjordania. Mostrar todas las entradas

miércoles, 14 de enero de 2026

The first two-state solution: The forgotten partition of 1922

1920's Map of British Mandate for Palestine

When the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its July 2024 advisory opinion on Israel's presence in Judea, Samaria (the West Bank) and East Jerusalem, it framed the legal analysis almost exclusively around the "1967 baseline." This has become the default setting in international discourse: treating these areas as "Occupied Palestinian Territory" without reference to the legal framework that existed before.

Yet, the true legal foundation of modern Israel, and the region as a whole, begins not in 1967, but over four decades earlier. It is rooted in binding international commitments from 1920 and 1922 that partitioned the land long before any modern Palestinian statehood claim arose.

domingo, 5 de octubre de 2025

The 1922 League of Nations Mandate's Article 6 still legally binds the United Nations today

The official opening of the League of Nations, January 10, 1920. (Photo: Public domain)

In the world of international diplomacy and the campaign to delegitimize Jewish sovereignty in its ancestral heartland, a foundational truth is often ignored. It is a truth not found in failed political agreements, but in international law.

That truth is the legal power of the Mandate for Palestine, specifically Article 6, and its clear instruction to “facilitate Jewish immigration “ and “close settlement by Jews on the land.”

lunes, 21 de septiembre de 2020

La dinastía hachemita, la familia que quiso reinar en Oriente Próximo

Escudo del Reino del Hiyaz, gobernado por la dinastía hachemita. Fuente: Wikipedia

Existe una familia, la casa de Hashim, que a principios del siglo XX trató de unir a los árabes bajo su gobierno. Descendientes directos del profeta Mahoma, los miembros de la dinastía hachemita aspiraron a controlar Oriente Próximo desde la península arábiga hasta Siria e Irak. Aunque su sueño de un reino árabe unificado e independiente nunca llegó a realizarse, sus decisiones marcaron la realidad contemporánea de la región y todavía ocupan el trono de Jordania.

Enclavado entre Israel, Arabia Saudí, Irak y Siria, el Reino Hachemita de Jordania es considerado una excepción en el siempre convulso Oriente Próximo. Las revueltas que sacudieron el mundo árabe en 2011 solo acariciaron este país, y el t

sábado, 21 de julio de 2018

The British Mandate

In 1920, the Council of the League of Nations appointed Britain as the Mandatory entrusted with the administration of the Land of Israel. The borders of the land, as a separate country, were defined for the first time in many centuries. Until then, under the Ottoman Empire, the land's boundaries had not been defined because it was part of other large Ottoman districts like the district of Damascus and was not a distinct political unit. The term name "Palestine" that was chosen for this Mandate was based on the term name "Palestina" that was given to the country by the Roman Empire in the second century CE.