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Israel to UN: Bible Is Jewish Deed to Land of Israel
(Jerusalem Post) Tovah Lazaroff - Israel's Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon told the Security Council on Monday that Jewish rights to the Land of Israel depend on four pillars: the Bible, history, legality, and the pursuit of international peace and security. God gave the land to the people of Israel in Genesis, when he made a covenant with Abraham, said Danon. "This is our deed to our land." Danon added that "The Quran itself accepts the divine deed of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel." On the issue of security, he noted that the PLO was established in 1964, three years prior to the Six-Day War in 1967. "What did they need to liberate before 1967? And in 1964, not a single settlement existed in Judea and Samaria, and our right to exist was still rejected," he said. Danon listed the peace plans the Arabs had rejected in 1937, 1947, 1948, 2000, 2001, 2007 and 2008. And the Palestinians have already rejected the anticipated U.S. peace plan. "There should be no reward for rejectionism," he said.