Jewish Legal Rights To The Land
Of Israel

In the 20th century, the Mandate system was instituted by the League of Nations. Mandate powers administered non-self-governing territories.

The mandatory power in Israel’s case, Britain, appointed by the international body, was to hold the mandated territory (Israel) in a temporary trust and to ensure the independence of the population until said population (Jews) was ready to self-govern.

A mandate power babysits a region; they do not own it. The British gained control of Israel when the Ottoman Empire broke apart after WWI. It is important to nore that the Ottomans were colonizers. It is also important to note that the region was called “Palestine” at this time (which then became British Mandate Palestine, and then Israel) only because the Romans named the region “Syria Palestina” in 136CE in order to humiliate the Jewish population. The name “Palestine” from Roman times is in no way connected to modern day, post-Arafat, PLO Palestinians. The term “Palestine” is Roman and was strategically used to disconnect the Jews from the land of Judea. Jews are indigenous to this region (originally named Judea) and have always maintained a presence there.

Simply put, the British were babysitting the legally Jewish land until the Jews were ready to self-govern in their own land. The original Mandate for Palestine allotted far more land area to the Jews for a Jewish National Homeland than what is current Israel. Unfortunately, due to international pressure and Arab violence, the Jewish land was divided in September 1922. 77% of the land was given to the Arabs (creating modern-day Jordan), and 23% was left for the Jewish homeland. Regardless of this loss of land, the Jewish people still owned the entire Land of Israel. 

In addition to the Mandate For Palestine, the following are other international laws detailing the Jewish People’s legal rights the Land of Israel:  

November 2nd, 1917 - Balfour Declaration

April 25th, 1920 - San Remo Resolution

July 24th, 1922 - Mandate for Palestine

1924 - Anglo-American Convention 

1945 - Establishment of the United Nations

All of the abovementioned are binding international law, still valid today. Any contravention of these resolutions constitutes an illegal violation of international law. Therefore, the Land of Israel legally belongs to the Jewish people.