Twisting the Geneva Convention

Carl
Israel Matzav
18 January '11

In the bizarre world of the 'Palestinians,' if you sell me your house and I move in to it, the Israeli government is displacing you in violation of the Geneva Convention, at least if you're a 'Palestinian,' I am a Jew and we are in Jerusalem.

UN agencies and EU officials in the occupied Palestinian territory are calling for the implementation of international humanitarian law to protect the Palestinian population in East Jerusalem from forced displacement.

UN, Palestinian Authority and EU officials say East Jerusalem is occupied territory, requiring protection of the civilian population by international humanitarian law, a legal framework which prohibits population transfer into and out of the territory.

Israel says property transfers in East Jerusalem are private transactions governed by Israeli local municipal law. Today East Jerusalem, annexed by Israel in 1967, is governed by Israeli basic law.

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