Who has legal right to Jerusalem?

**HBendor** · Jun 16 2012, 02:53 AM

Forget politics - Who has legal right to Jerusalem?
~Yonah Bob

The Jerusalem Post, June 14, 2012

This International lawyer Dr. Jacques Gauthier has issued a 1200 page book research on that same question...

Is there a simple answer to the question of who owns or has the legal right to Jerusalem? Dr. Jacques Gauthier, a Canadian lawyer who specializes in international law, answered that question on Wednesday with a resounding yes and suggested that if a theoretical court that was 100-percent objective were to study the legally relevant facts, ignoring politics, it would find unequivocally that only Israel possesses the exclusive title to Jerusalem.

Gauthier was interviewed by The Jerusalem Post during a trip he made to Israel for a June 11- 12 conference highlighting Jewish claims to Jerusalem. He has been studying international law for 30 years, focusing on a number of issues including human rights, and has not limited himself solely to the Middle East. He studied in Geneva under Dr. Marcelo Kohen in 2006.

Gauthier& rsquo;s thesis is 1200 pages, weighs 10 pounds and contains over 3200 footnotes.

Gauthier has presented his findings to the Japanese parliament, the House of Commons in London, the European parliament in Brussels and a congressional committee in Washington....

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http://www.unitycoalitionforisrael.org/news/?p=8215

**Taxcutter** · Jun 16 2012, 01:20 PM

Israel of course.

They won it fair and square in the 1967 war.

**Zosiasmom** · Jun 16 2012, 01:21 PM

Even if they hadn't had a legal right before 1967 they did after.

**Grokmaster** · Jun 16 2012, 01:21 PM

Originally Posted by HBendor

Forget politics - Who has legal right to Jerusalem?
~Yonah Bob

The Jerusalem Post, June 14, 2012

This International lawyer Dr. Jacques Gauthier has issued a 1200 page book research on that same question...

Is there a simple answer to the question of who owns or has the legal right to Jerusalem? Dr. Jacques Gauthier, a Canadian lawyer who specializes in international law, answered that question on Wednesday with a resounding yes and suggested that if a theoretical court that was 100-percent objective were to study the legally relevant facts, ignoring politics, it would find unequivocally that only Israel possesses the exclusive title to Jerusalem.

Gauthier was interviewed by The Jerusalem Post during a trip he made to Israel for a June 11- 12 conference highlighting Jewish claims to Jerusalem. He has been studying international law for 30 years, focusing on a number of issues including human rights, and has not limited himself solely to the Middle East. He studied in Geneva under Dr. Marcelo Kohen in 2006.

Gauthier& rsquo;s thesis is 1200 pages, weighs 10 pounds and contains over 3200 footnotes.

Gauthier has presented his findings to the Japanese parliament, the House of Commons in London, the European parliament in Brussels and a congressional committee in Washington....

Click here for the complete article, or copy and paste this link into your web browser:

http://www.unitycoalitionforisrael.org/news/?p=8215

The Jews, of course. It's THEIR city;always has been.

**Margot** · Jun 16 2012, 01:23 PM

Originally Posted by Zosiasmom

Even if they hadn't had a legal right before 1967 they did after.

Well.. They bombed Egypt in 1967.. but Egypt didn't own the West Band, Gaza or the Golan heights.

**Zosiasmom** · Jun 16 2012, 01:24 PM

Originally Posted by Margot

Well.. They bombed Egypt in 1967.. but Egypt didn't own the West Band, Gaza or the Golan heights.

The harsh reality of this world--note that I am not saying this is right, mind you--is that to the victor goes the spoils.

**Margot** · Jun 16 2012, 01:27 PM

Originally Posted by Zosiasmom

The harsh reality of this world--note that I am not saying this is right, mind you--is that to the victor goes the spoils.

I used to go there before the war.. It was very peaceful... Lots of Almond trees, Pomegranates, ancient Olive trees.

**Zosiasmom** · Jun 16 2012, 01:28 PM

Originally Posted by Margot

I used to go there before the war.. It was very peaceful... Lots of Almond trees, Pomegranates, ancient Olive trees.

It isn't necessarily "ugly" now...I don't think. I can imagine, however, that it was much like Beirut before the conflict.

**The Wyrd of Gawd** · Jun 16 2012, 01:28 PM

The Jews stole Jerusalem from the Jebusites. The Jebusites want it back.

Joshua 15:8 (CEV) = and up through Hinnom Valley on the land sloping south from Jerusalem. The city of Jerusalem itself belonged to the Jebusites. Next, the border went up to the top of the mountain on the west side of Hinnom Valley and at the north end of Rephaim Valley.

Joshua 15:63 (MSG) = The people of Judah couldn't get rid of the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem. The Jebusites stayed put, living alongside the people of Judah. They are still living there in Jerusalem.