ISRAEL DOES NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW
July 5, 2024Omar Suleiman, an Islamic scholar and civil rights activist, points out the error in asking if Israel has the “right to defend itself”.
Israel OCCUPIES Palestinian land. Consequently, it has a RESPONSIBILITY to take care of those living under its occupation. It CANNOT apply the “right to self-defence” in the case of occupation.
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English Script:
Lex Fridman: Do you think Israel has the right to defend its borders?
Omar Suleiman: I think Israel has a responsibility to protect those that it occupies. I think you have to ask that question differently. You know, Noura advocates, wrote, a tremendous article on this from a legal perspective. You know, when you talk about Israel defending itself, Israel is bound to occupation law. This is the problem all along. You know, when when John Kerry said, of course, the U.S. is great sometimes at issuing inconsequential statements, that Israel has to choose whether or not it wants to be a Jewish or democratic state, be a Jewish or a democratic state but it can’t be both. Israel wants to occupy and deny and at the same time not be held to the standards of being an occupier, but be treated as if it’s some normal state. Those borders were drawn across occupied land and have been expanding into Palestinian territory, and people have been thrown out of their homes systematically and transgressed upon, even in the places that they fled to, which is Gaza, right? So when you talk about Israel having a right to defend itself, you should be talking about Israel’s duty to protect everyone under its occupation. Either lift the occupation or protect everyone under your occupation.
