An open letter to Evangelical supporters of Israel

[Esaias]

I don't pick sides between the wanna-be Caliphate and the wanna-be Sanhedrin. I'd prefer we - as a nation - kept out of foreign entanglements.

[houston]

who decided that Israel had the right to become a state? The Brits?

[Esaias]

Originally Posted by houston

who decided that Israel had the right to become a state? The Brits?

oops!

lol

[shazeep]

ya, the League of Nations, i guess. There's a pretty good argument that that is all the LoN ever did, and likely what they were formed for.

[aegsm76]

Originally Posted by houston

who decided that Israel had the right to become a state? The Brits?

You guys need to work on your history.

The General Assembly of the UN voted for it in 1947.
link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Israel
snippets
On 29 November 1947, in Resolution 181 (II), the General Assembly adopted the majority report of UNSCOP, but with slight modifications.[104] The Plan also called for the British to allow "substantial" Jewish migration by 1 February 1948.[105]

Neither Britain nor the UN Security Council took any action to implement the resolution and Britain continued detaining Jews attempting to enter Palestine. Concerned that partition would severely damage Anglo-Arab relations, Britain denied UN representatives access to Palestine during the period between the adoption of Resolution 181 (II) and the termination of the British Mandate.[106] The British withdrawal was finally completed in May 1948. However, Britain continued to hold Jews of "fighting age" and their families on Cyprus until March 1949.[107]


Basically the British did all they could to help the Arabs defeat the Jews, when they pulled out.

[shazeep]

ok, so UNSCOP, whatever, like this is substantially any different?

[aegsm76]

shaz - different than what?

[shazeep]

different than the League of Nations, or any other group of officials earnestly seeking mankind's best good.

[aegsm76]

shaz - I believe that facts matter.
You stated "ya, the League of Nations, i guess. There's a pretty good argument that that is all the LoN ever did, and likely what they were formed for. "
This was incorrect.
There is somewhat more legitimacy to something passed by the UN as opposed to the LoN.
Since the UN is still an active organization.

[shazeep]

ok, i think they are fundamentally the same, but you are right. I forget what it was that the LoN did, they did serve some purpose, which i guess i misremembered.