Diplomacy

A U.S. veto of Palestinian statehood would uphold international law

I disagree with Ariel Ilan Roth's op-ed "U.S. is Wrong on Palestine" (Sept. 21). I will make a purely legal argument why the U.S. should veto Palestine's unilateral attempt for statehood in the United Nations.

The following information is from the European Coalition for Israel's research document titled "Foundations of the International Legal Rights of the Jewish People and the State of Israel" and video documentary, which includes commentary from Dore Gold, Howard Grief, and Jacques Gauthier. Mr. Gold was a former Israeli ambassador to the U.N., and Messrs. Grief and Gauthier are international lawyers.

In 1920, after World War I, the Principal Allied...

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