This letter appeared in the UK's Daily Telegraph on 31 May 2021
Sir
The report "Ireland
attacks Israel's "de facto annexation" of Palestinian land" (May
27) is, of course, quite correct in stating that most countries view
settlements Israel has built in territory captured in the 1967 Middle East war
as illegal.
What is almost never
taken into account is that in 1948 Jordanian forces attacked the newly-born
Jewish state and seized the West Bank and East Jerusalem. In 1950 Jordan
annexed them – a move not recognised by the UN or the Arab League, nor by any
countries except the UK and Pakistan. When in 1967 Israel succeeded in
regaining control of them, it would have been logical for the UN - and most
countries - to applaud Israel for liberating illegally acquired
territories. They did not seem to see it that way.
Neville Teller
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