BRISBANE TIMES
by David Knoll
February 8, 2015

….Under international law, to be a state and, therefore, entitled to rights before the International Criminal Court, the Palestinian Authority would have to demonstrate it has a permanent population, a defined territory, a government that is in control of that territory; and capacity to enter into relations with the other states. As things stand, the territory any future state of Palestine might encompass is yet to be negotiated with Israel, and possibly Jordan (which has a majority Palestinian population), and it is not even clear if the claimed Palestinian state includes the Gaza Strip, where the Palestinian Authority was violently expelled by Hamas, which continues to rule there. Secondly… there must be a government that is in control. READ MORE