israel has no right to exist; 

 

After the Greens passed a motion declaring ‘Zionism is racism’, every establishment journalist is suddenly playing dumb about the most elementary of issues in international law

Israel has no right to exist. That’s the position in international law. It has nothing to do with hatred of Israel or antisemitism.

In fact, no state – none – has a “right” to exist, including states busy extolling their democratic credentials.

If the UK had a “right” to exist, for example, it would mean that Scotland could not be allowed to vote for independence. Why? Because such a vote would break up the UK. It would be a violation of the UK’s supposed “right” to exist as the UK.

Which is precisely why the UK has no “right” to exist.

Peoples have a right to exist. When that right is abused, it invariably involves very serious violations of international law – often through crimes such as apartheid, ethnic cleansing or genocide.

States, by contrast, don’t have a “right” to exist. They simply do exist as a matter of fact – until they suddenly don’t. Like apartheid South Africa. Like Rhodesia. Like Czechoslovakia. Like Yugoslavia. Like Nazi Germany.

This is so obvious it should not even need stating............more...........