Are you questioning the erroneous historical revisions of one of the "enlightened" ones?

Furthermore, it's nonesensical to suggest that it was an NZ jury declaring Israel's settlement expansion as illegal....it is international law....as I said.

Please quote the "International Law" that renders this illegal.

There have been 'resolutions' tabled in the United Nations, some passed, some not. But I have no knowledge of any "Law" that covers this matter.

You must have been listening to politicians and journalists, who will both say things that have no support in fact, just in what they want you, Joe Public, to accept unquestioningly, so that they can pursue their agenda without let or hindrance.

"The establishment of settlements by Israel in the administered areas violates article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, and, in particular, paragraph 6, which provides that: "The Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies."

For reference, I give you a Jewish source, just so that there are no accusations of partisanship.

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsourc...ts/geneva1.html

This is not a link to the paragraph above. It is a link to the Geneva Convention - which does not mention Israel. Who are you trying to hoodwink?

The Illegal-Settlements Myth

Concluding that Israeli settlements violate Article 49(6) also overlooks the Jewish communities that existed before the creation of the state in areas occupied by today’s Israeli settlements, for example, in Hebron and the Etzion bloc outside Jerusalem. These Jewish communities were destroyed by Arab armies, militias, and rioters, and, as in the case of Hebron, the community’s population was slaughtered. Is it sensible to interpret Article 49 to bar the reconstitution of Jewish communities that were destroyed through aggression and slaughter? If so, the international law of occupation runs the risk of freezing one occupier’s conduct in place, no matter how unlawful. http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarti...ents-myth-15295

Have now read both Article 49 (and other sections) of the Geneva Convention and the article indicated by UG.

My problem now is - which borders do we consider to be the recognised borders of Israel?

1948?

1956?

1967?

1978?

any eleven year period since then?

The Jrdan river seems to me to be a natural boundary, as does a line from Aqaba/Eilat to the Mediterranean. And the Golan Heights are a natural barrier in the North.

But that is just my opinion