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Norman Finkelstein

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
915 total appearances

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Lex Fridman Podcast
#418 โ€“ Israel-Palestine Debate: Finkelstein, Destiny, M. Rabbani & Benny Morris

What is binding? Do you know anything about how the UN system works?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#418 โ€“ Israel-Palestine Debate: Finkelstein, Destiny, M. Rabbani & Benny Morris

You just throw out words. You hear binding. Does 242 mention a Palestinian state? No, of course not. That's part of the problem. That was the reason why the Palestinians didn't want to recognize 242, because they're only referred at the very end.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#418 โ€“ Israel-Palestine Debate: Finkelstein, Destiny, M. Rabbani & Benny Morris

You just throw out words. You hear binding. Does 242 mention a Palestinian state? No, of course not. That's part of the problem. That was the reason why the Palestinians didn't want to recognize 242, because they're only referred at the very end.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#418 โ€“ Israel-Palestine Debate: Finkelstein, Destiny, M. Rabbani & Benny Morris

You just throw out words. You hear binding. Does 242 mention a Palestinian state? No, of course not. That's part of the problem. That was the reason why the Palestinians didn't want to recognize 242, because they're only referred at the very end.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#418 โ€“ Israel-Palestine Debate: Finkelstein, Destiny, M. Rabbani & Benny Morris

Allow me points of information. The first principle in UN Resolution 242 is that the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#418 โ€“ Israel-Palestine Debate: Finkelstein, Destiny, M. Rabbani & Benny Morris

Allow me points of information. The first principle in UN Resolution 242 is that the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#418 โ€“ Israel-Palestine Debate: Finkelstein, Destiny, M. Rabbani & Benny Morris

Allow me points of information. The first principle in UN Resolution 242 is that the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#418 โ€“ Israel-Palestine Debate: Finkelstein, Destiny, M. Rabbani & Benny Morris

It may be meaningless to you, Mr. Brunel. It was meaningless to everyone in the region. Mr. Brunel, That principle was adopted by the Friendly Nations Resolution, the UN General Assembly in 1970. That resolution was then reiterated in the International Court of Justice ruling advisory opinion in 2004.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#418 โ€“ Israel-Palestine Debate: Finkelstein, Destiny, M. Rabbani & Benny Morris

It may be meaningless to you, Mr. Brunel. It was meaningless to everyone in the region. Mr. Brunel, That principle was adopted by the Friendly Nations Resolution, the UN General Assembly in 1970. That resolution was then reiterated in the International Court of Justice ruling advisory opinion in 2004.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#418 โ€“ Israel-Palestine Debate: Finkelstein, Destiny, M. Rabbani & Benny Morris

It may be meaningless to you, Mr. Brunel. It was meaningless to everyone in the region. Mr. Brunel, That principle was adopted by the Friendly Nations Resolution, the UN General Assembly in 1970. That resolution was then reiterated in the International Court of Justice ruling advisory opinion in 2004.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#418 โ€“ Israel-Palestine Debate: Finkelstein, Destiny, M. Rabbani & Benny Morris

That was the basis of the coalition against Iraq when it acquired Kuwait and then declared it a province of Kuwait, which supported. That's what's cool. That's what I did. I'm not going to go there. I'm not going to go there. It's not accurate that Arafat endorsed. OK, I'm not going to go there. OK.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#418 โ€“ Israel-Palestine Debate: Finkelstein, Destiny, M. Rabbani & Benny Morris

That was the basis of the coalition against Iraq when it acquired Kuwait and then declared it a province of Kuwait, which supported. That's what's cool. That's what I did. I'm not going to go there. I'm not going to go there. It's not accurate that Arafat endorsed. OK, I'm not going to go there. OK.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#418 โ€“ Israel-Palestine Debate: Finkelstein, Destiny, M. Rabbani & Benny Morris

That was the basis of the coalition against Iraq when it acquired Kuwait and then declared it a province of Kuwait, which supported. That's what's cool. That's what I did. I'm not going to go there. I'm not going to go there. It's not accurate that Arafat endorsed. OK, I'm not going to go there. OK.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#418 โ€“ Israel-Palestine Debate: Finkelstein, Destiny, M. Rabbani & Benny Morris

It's called under international law, use Kogan's or peremptory norms of international law, the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war. That is not controversial. It's not vague. You couldn't put it more succinctly. You cannot acquire territory by force under international law. On the West Bank before 67. Who opened the Gaza Strip before 67?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#418 โ€“ Israel-Palestine Debate: Finkelstein, Destiny, M. Rabbani & Benny Morris

It's called under international law, use Kogan's or peremptory norms of international law, the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war. That is not controversial. It's not vague. You couldn't put it more succinctly. You cannot acquire territory by force under international law. On the West Bank before 67. Who opened the Gaza Strip before 67?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#418 โ€“ Israel-Palestine Debate: Finkelstein, Destiny, M. Rabbani & Benny Morris

It's called under international law, use Kogan's or peremptory norms of international law, the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war. That is not controversial. It's not vague. You couldn't put it more succinctly. You cannot acquire territory by force under international law. On the West Bank before 67. Who opened the Gaza Strip before 67?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#418 โ€“ Israel-Palestine Debate: Finkelstein, Destiny, M. Rabbani & Benny Morris

But now, don't change the subject. If you don't know what you're talking about, at least have the humility. You talk about Chapter 6. You don't know Chapter 6 from Tweet 5. You have no idea what you're talking about. It's just so embarrassing. At least have some humility.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#418 โ€“ Israel-Palestine Debate: Finkelstein, Destiny, M. Rabbani & Benny Morris

But now, don't change the subject. If you don't know what you're talking about, at least have the humility. You talk about Chapter 6. You don't know Chapter 6 from Tweet 5. You have no idea what you're talking about. It's just so embarrassing. At least have some humility.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#418 โ€“ Israel-Palestine Debate: Finkelstein, Destiny, M. Rabbani & Benny Morris

But now, don't change the subject. If you don't know what you're talking about, at least have the humility. You talk about Chapter 6. You don't know Chapter 6 from Tweet 5. You have no idea what you're talking about. It's just so embarrassing. At least have some humility.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#418 โ€“ Israel-Palestine Debate: Finkelstein, Destiny, M. Rabbani & Benny Morris

Between us, we've read maybe 10,000 books on the topic and you've read two Wikipedia entries and you start talking about chapter six. Do you know what chapter seven is? You know what chapter seven is?