Bible is Jewish deed to Land of Israel, Israeli Ambassador tells U.N. Security Council

"Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon defended Israel's right to the Land of Israel, including the West Bank settlements when he addressed the United Nations Security Council on Monday afternoon.

Jewish rights to the land of Israel depends on four pillars, Danon said. This includes the bible, history, legality and the pursuit of international peace and security...

'Even the Romans themselves admitted the land was ours. Those of you who have visited Rome may have seen that Emperor Titus famously commemorated his victory and the Jewish expulsion by building an enormous arch on the Via Sacra in Rome. If you look at the Arch, it includes an illustration of his men carrying away the menorah from the Jewish Temple,' Danon said.

The Romans attempted to destroy that link by renaming the land Palestina.

'This is how the narrow strip of land in Eretz Yisrael, nestled between Egypt in the south and Lebanon in the north, came to be called 'Palestine,' Danon said...

'In 1922, the mandate of the League of Nations not only stated its support for the establishment of a Jewish national home, it encouraged and facilitated the return of Jews in the diaspora to our homeland. It confirms, and I quote, 'the historical connection of the Jewish people with Palestine and to the grounds for reconstituting their national home in that country,' Danon said.

He added that these documents were Zionist documents and showed that Zionism appeared in international law...

He charged that the UN's continued support for Palestinians that rejects peace proposals and its attacks against the party offering solutions, weaken the international body.

'It is dangerous to praise the side that encourages hatred and bankrolls terrorism,' Danon said..."