The mission of Justice Now! is to educate the World, and if necessary to compel the World body to stand by International Law and Treaties regarding the legal borders of the Jewish National Home.
Our web site is currently under construction, but for more information please contact Justice Now! at justiceNow@justiceNow4israel.com
Justice Now! hopes that the U.S. Administration will review our documentation, the relevant case law, and promptly withdraw the "Road Map and any related facilitation, as required by international law. However, we have gathered the evidence necessary to file a case in the United States against the US government's continued violations of the Treaties that recognize Israel's rights to its internationally recognized legal borders, the prohibition against ceding any land belonging to the Jewish National Home, and supporting the right of Jewish settlement within those internationally recognized borders.
The legal borders in question comprise all Israel, including all of Judea, Samaria, the Gaza Strip, the entire city of Jerusalem, and more….
These borders were recognized by the United States in a 1924 treaty with Great Britain. The Jewish National rights recognized by the British and the Americans under the 1924 Anglo-American treaty are still guaranteed by the treaty. Furthermore, the US Constitution calls a treaty the "Supreme Law of the Land" and the courts have the power to force the Federal Executive Branch (President, Secretary of State, etc.) to honor its Treaties. The courts have exercised this power in the past, and Justice Now! may well seek a court ruling to compel the US government to recognize Israel's sovereignty through all of the borders expressed within the Balfour, San Remo, and Mandate documents.
Justice Now!, which is a division of the Office for Israeli Constitutional Law, an Israeli amuta (non-profit organization), is preparing to file its case in the US District Court. We welcome your contributions to help make our case possible.
Office for Israeli Constitutional Law (Reg. Amuta: 58-035-937-0)
Post Office Box 367 Beni Yehuda, 12944
Israel
Attorney Howard Grief is the Author of The Legal Foundation and Borders of Israel under International Law.
Mr. Grief tells Mark Kaplan in this Israel Independent TV News interview why Israel is not obligated to surrender Judea and Samaria to the Palestinian Authority and how President Obama may be violating US constitutional law by pressuring Israel to freeze settlement construction.
Interview with Howard Grief Part 1 of 3
Interview with Howard Grief Part 2 of 3
Interview with Howard Grief Part 3 of 3
Justice Now! reported it has gathered the evidence necessary to
file a case in the United States against the U.S. government's "continued violations of the treaties that recognize Israel's rights to its internationally recognized legal borders, the prohibition against ceding any land belonging to the Jewish National Home, and supporting the right of Jewish settlement within those internationally recognized borders."
Justice Now! aims to "educate the world regarding the legal borders of the Jewish national home, which it says comprises all Israel, including all of Judea, Samaria, the Gaza Strip, the entire city of Jerusalem, and more.
These borders were recognized by the United States in a 1924 treaty with Great Britain, the group explains, and they are still guaranteed by that treaty. Furthermore, the U.S. Constitution calls a treaty the "Supreme Law of the Land" and the Courts have the power to force the federal executive branch (President, Secretary of State, etc.) to honor treaties. Justice Now! says it may seek a court ruling to compel the U.S. government to recognize Israel's sovereignty through all of the borders expressed within the Balfour, San Remo, and Mandate documents.
Letter to Obama
Justice Now! says it intends to send a letter to the Obama administration urging it to respect Israel's rights under international law to settle and build within all of the lands of the Jewish homeland.
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Mark Kaplan,
PR director of Justice Now!
Israel news photo: INN TV
NGO: Obama's Israel Policy Violates International Treaties
by Gil Ronen
(IsraelNN.com) Members of the non-governmental group (NGO) "Justice Now! claim that U.S. President Barack Obama's policy against Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria violates internationally recognized treaties, and they are threatening to take legal action.
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John Marshall
1755-1835
Chief Justice of the U.S.Supreme Court
Feb. 4, 1801-July 6, 1835
"Each treaty stipulates something respecting the citizens of the two nations, and gives them rights. Whenever a right grows out of, or is protected by, a treaty, it is sanctioned against all the laws and judicial decisions of the states; and whoever may have this right, it is to be protected."
Justice Now! warns Clinton, Burns, State Dept., and Inspector Gen.: Halt Violation of Israel’s Treaty Rights
Nov. 25, 2009
The Office for Israeli Constitutional Law (Justice Now!), an Israeli legal action organization, has sent letters to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Undersecretary of State William Burns, and Middle East Envoy William Burns warning that their labeling of settlements in Judea and Samaria West Bank) and Jerusalem as illegal, violates Jewish rights to the territories guaranteed by a treaty signed by the U.S. and British Governments.
Copies of the letter were sent to the State Department’s Treaty Compliance division and the Inspector General. If the Government does not comply with the civil rights recognized in the treaty, the OFICL will file a class action suit in the U.S. District Court.
The letter to Clinton reminds the Secretary of State of her oath of office as a Senator, in which she swore to uphold the U.S. Constitution and the supremacy of treaties as stated in Article VI which calls a treaty the "Supreme Law of the Land.
The treaty in question is the 1924 Anglo-American Convention. In this treaty the United States accepted upon itself the Mandate for Palestine, verbatim. The Mandate created the Jewish National Home of Palestine under international law. When the British ended their administration of Palestine in 1948, the newly independent Jewish State changed its name to the State of Israel.
The internationally recognized borders from the Mandate became recognized under U.S. Law in the Anglo-American Convention. The borders comprise all Israel, the Biblical heartland of Judea, Samaria (the West Bank), the entire city of Jerusalem, and much more. The Mandate, which is an act of international law, states that Jews have the right to settle anywhere within these recognized borders, and prohibits the ceding of any Jewish National territory to a foreign authority.
Both Burns and Clinton were reminded that under the legal principle of estoppel, any demand on Israel to freeze construction within the mandated borders, to surrender territory, or withdraw to the pre-1967 borders is illegal under U.S. law.
Estoppel is a legal doctrine that prohibits a party from either taking action by deed or verbally that contradicts a prior agreement.
OFICL Chairman Michael Snidecor says he is often asked how the Mandate can still be considered law, when in 1947, the UN voted to partition Palestine into two states-one Jewish and one Arab.
Snidecor answers that the UN Partition plan for Palestine did not change the legal borders of the Mandated Jewish State. "The Mandate was an act of law, created by the Supreme Council of the Principal Allied Powers following World War I. Neither the League of Nations nor the United Nations had or has a legal right to change those borders.
"The UN Partition plan was just that-a plan. The General Assembly has no authority to create countries or change borders, nor does the Security Council have any legal right to change any rights granted through the Mandates. The International Court of Justice has already ruled that the Mandates cannot be altered. It is extremely important that this be made public, because the Palestinian Authority is contemplating seeking UN backing for a unilaterally declared Arab Palestinian State. That would be a blatant violation of the Mandate and international law."
OFICL has also sent a copy of the documents to Prime Minister Netanyahu’s office. According to the Prime Minister’s office, Netanyahu’s advisors are reviewing the documents and will be discussing the issues.
The Office for Israeli Constitutional Law (R.A.) is a registered Israeli non-profit organization.
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Click here to read the letter to Secretary of State Clinton
Click here to read a similar letter sent to George Mitchell
Are the Jewish People the Indigenous People of Palestine-Israel? Click here for information about "PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF THE INDIGENOUS JEWISH PEOPLE
OF THE BOOK" "The Knesset affirms that the territories of Judea and Samaria are not occupied territories, either historically or from the standpoint of international law, and not according to the diplomatic accords signed by Israel . . ."
Knesset Resolution passed on July 15, 2003. Submitted by Likud Knesset Member Gideon Sa'ar.
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