Legal Debate on Israel's Statehood

Israel has valid, long-standing historical ties to the land.

No. Legally, no.

Legally, no. I mean, that's the claim.

Uh, it doesn't have any legal foundation.

In the, i-in the League of Nations', um, uh, covenant

that was part of the Versailles Treaty, the Palestine Mandate,

um, uh, was supposed to be provisionally

recognized as an independent

state, a state for everyone, a single state

for all the people on that land, not a state for a particular

racial group. So the idea-- And Jew-- I-Israel is a, uh, a

Jewish state by definition,

and there is no legal basis for a specifically

Jewish state on that land

in international law.

What is or would be Israel's strongest argument before a

court of law?

For what?

To dominate, uh, Palestinians?

To, uh... There is no argument for, for, for co- uh, committing

genocide. I mean, what, what would be the...

What needs to be justified?