Violating International Law
The Israeli plan is to totally ignore international law on this matter, given the absence of any enforcement device, and to work hard to create facts on the ground, in the belief that, sooner or later, the international community would be forced to accept them. Another possibility would be for the Palestinians to capitulate and accept this situation and for the Israelis to then use Palestinian capitulation as an indication of their having been granted special new rights under international law.
The situation of Jerusalem therefore offers a classic example of the fla¬grant violation of international law tolerated by the international commu¬nity because of the absence of any enforcement mechanisms, or more accu¬rately the absence of any will to provide enforcement of international law. As in the case of Bosnia, cynicism slowly sets in and international law, which many hoped would provide some arbiter of international affairs, slowly gives way to the absolute lawlessness of "might is right."
The Gulf War has recently demonstrated what the international com¬munity can do, against a weaker party that flagrantly violates internation¬al law. Unfortunately there is neither the will nor the desire for a uniform application of international law and Israel, so far, has taken full advantage of this weakness.
[source : Jonathan Kuttab, The Legal Status of Jerusalem, The Palestine-Israel Journal, Vol.2 No.2 1995]
Note the first sentence:
The Israeli plan is to totally ignore international law on this matter, given the absence of any enforcement device, and to work hard to create facts on the ground, in the belief that, sooner or later, the international community would be forced to accept them.
This sounds like what Israel is doing now, referring to the Knesset, PM office, etc.
This is also why Israel wants the United Nations tamed. The Zionists love Nikki Haley, who on her first day at the UN told the UN that there is "a new sheriff in town."
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