Jon Dyson, at The Blogs

May 10, 2025, 8:00 PM

Primary Aims 1/ The UN Conference for Palestinian state in early June is part of a widespread political, legal and media attack on Israel. Encompassing the UN, the EU, many individual states (including many of our ‘friends’), the ICJ...

Apr 16, 2025, 10:11 AM

Law for ONE but not for ALL

Israel & the Fourth Geneva Convention 1/ What is often presented as an absolute legal rule is usually hedged with conditions that make it far less certain and absolute. Military requirements of a party to a conflict or occupation are...

Apr 13, 2025, 2:24 PM

The Palestinian Intention to Destroy Israel

1/ Amos Oz’s essay Help Us To Divorce helps explain the widespread appeal of the 2-state solution to ‘western’ audiences. The core argument is that two rival national groups claim the same territory. This characterization provides a logical, moral,...

Jan 26, 2025, 5:04 PM

A 5-Step Israeli UN Action Plan

1/ By its silence and lack of condemnation of states and entities which openly declare their intention to destroy Israel, the UN has betrayed its core Charter aim of working for peace. Instead, by the absence of demands...

Sep 30, 2024, 6:19 PM

Questioning the Occupation

The double accusation that the West Bank is Palestinian territory and that Israel occupies it is supported by four major legal arguments. Each of these can be legally dismissed as follows: Argument ONE: The Hague Regulations The “Annex to the Hague...

Sep 18, 2024, 9:31 PM

2nd Argument for the PM’s Speech to the UN

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1/ Here is a further line of argument that Prime Minister Netanyahu might wish to use in his speech to the UN General Assembly on September 26th. As in the previous article, the approach is to advance Israel’s...

Sep 15, 2024, 4:33 PM

An Argument for the PM’s Speech at the UN

1/ Here is an argument that Prime Minister Netanyahu might wish to use in his speech to the UN General Assembly on September 26th. But first, a word of caution. 2/ In attempting to Influence the governments and...

Aug 11, 2024, 5:02 PM

More ICJ Tricks – A Gift for Israeli Public Diplomacy

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Further deceitful maneuvers by the ICJ 1/ In addition to the travesties of legal and historical accuracy exhibited by the ICJ (see previous article on this blog) the Court adopted other ruses to protect the Arab/Palestinians from scrutiny and...

Aug 8, 2024, 8:43 AM

Tricks of the ICJ Report on Israel

1/ As expected, the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice, the legal arm of the UN, excoriates Israel on a wide range of issues stemming from what it insists is Israel’s prolonged occupation of Palestinian territory. ...

Apr 29, 2024, 9:28 PM

ICJ: Ireland vs Israel – Advisory Opinion Hearings

Along with other states, the Attorney-General of Ireland, Mr Rossa Fanning SC, presented a case against Israel at the ICJ Advisory Opinion hearings earlier this year. With a combination of legal and moral arguments he condemned Israel for breaching international...

About Me

Born in UK 1944. First Class honors degree in Modern History and Economics. Lecturer in modern history at Manchester University. Director of the largest independent insurance brokerage in Manchester Founder of Dyson's Pensions and Investment Services in Manchester. Now retired. Made Aliyah in 2008 with my wife. Lifelong cyclist, swimmer and gym fanatic. Member Kibbutz Hamadia, Emeq Hamaianot Website: www.arguments4israel.com