| November 11, 2013 | Eli E. Hertz |
The following excerpt, stated in June 1979, is sadly still relevant 34 years later:
“A
corollary of the inalienable right of the Jewish people to its Land is
the right to live in any part of Eretz Yisrael [Palestine], including
Judea and Samaria which are an integral part of Eretz Yisrael. Jews are
not foreigners anywhere in the Land of Israel. Anyone who asserts that
it is illegal for a Jew to live in Judea and Samaria just because he is a
Jew, is in fact advocating a concept that is disturbingly reminiscent
of the ‘Judenrein’ policies of Nazi Germany banning Jews from certain
spheres of life for no other reason than that they were Jews. The Jewish
villages in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza district are there as of right
and are there to stay.
“The
right of Jews to settle in the Land of Israel was also recognised in
the League of Nations ‘Mandate for Palestine’ which stressed ‘the
historical connection of the Jewish people with Palestine and … the
grounds for reconstituting’ - I repeat, reconstituting ‘their national
home in that country.’ “The Mandatory Power was also entrusted with the
duty to encourage ‘close settlement by Jews on the land, including state
lands and waste lands not required for public purposes.’”
Israel’s
Government position as expressed by Professor Yehuda Z. Blum,
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations
at the Louis D. Brandeis Award Dinner of the Zionist Organization of
America. (Washington D.C., 11 June 1979)
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