Israel

This House believes that the leaking of military documents by Anat Kamm was justified

18 May 2012

The case: The Israeli WhistleblowerJournalist Anat Kamm was sentenced to four and a half years in October 2011 for leaking 2,000 classified military documents...

This House believes Israel should return to its pre-1967 borders

30 Mar 2012

The Six-Day War of 1967 was preceded by a period of high tension between Israel and its neighbours: In May 1967, President Nasser of Egypt received false...

This House believes that Israel should recognise the Palestinian right of return

23 Mar 2012

The Palestinian right of return is a political position or principle asserting that Palestinian refugees, both first-generation refugees and their descendants...

THB that Palestinian Statehood should be recognised by the United Nations General Assembly

2 Mar 2012

In many ways this debate is far more about the UN than about Palestine. The central hub of the issue is simply this – there are many nations that are not...

Should the UN Recognize a Palestinian State?

2 Mar 2012

The issue of Palestinian statehood has been debated for over sixty years between Israel and the Palestinians. After decades of impasse, the Palestinians have...

This House believes the EU, USA and other western donors should not fund any Palestinian government in which terrorist organisations participate.

1 Mar 2012

The Palestinian Authority was created through the Oslo peace process of the early 1990s to provide self-government for the Palestinian people in the occupied...

This House believes that Jerusalem should be divided

21 Feb 2012

Jerusalem is a city in the Middle East that is currently under the control of Israel. In contemporary times, the question of the status of Jerusalem begins in...

This House Believes the US is Justified in Using Force to Prevent States From Acquiring Nuclear Weapons

20 Feb 2012

The proliferation of Nuclear Weapons has been a concern from almost before the first atomic bomb was developed, when a number of scientists on the Manhattan...

This House Believes That Israel’s West Bank Settlements are an Obstacle to Peace

20 Feb 2012

While the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has many components, the struggle for land is at its centre, and therefore the legitimacy or lack thereof of Israeli...

This House believes that Israel's 2008-2009 military operations against Gaza were justified

17 Feb 2012

On December 19th, 2008, a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza, under the control of Hamas, ended without renewal, and Hamas' Al-Qassam Brigade, amongst other...

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