[lit-ideas] Right of Return
- From: Omar Kusturica <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 09:29:30 -0800 (PST)
Eric writes:
Omar, given the obviously biased nature of the site at
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Peace/refreturn.html
it would be interesting to see what errors you could
find in their reasoning.
*I don't want to argue with this point by point as the
errors and omissions are fairly obvious. In the
discussion of "international treaties" the article
referes only to the International Covenant on Civil
and Political Rights, but not to the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights where the right of return
is mentioned more explicitly. As to the contention
that: "There was no intention here to address the
claims of masses of people who have been displaced as
a by-product of war or by political transfers of
territory or population" we have seen that a number of
countries have instituted legislation precisely to
deal with this sort of cases. To argue that the UN
resolutions (which Israel did not implement) do not
mention a "right" is disingenious in the extreme;
surely the recommendation that the refugees should be
permitted to return to their homes is based on the
notion that they have a legal and moral right to do
so.
Above all, it is a particular chutzpa for Israel to
deny another people the right of return to their land
given that Israel itself was established on a notion
that such a right existed in the case of the Jews and
was valid even though a much longer time had elapsed.
O.K.
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