The international community enabled the birth of Israel
In theory, who doesn’t believe in self-determination, the idea, developed in the 19th century, that all nations have a right to sovereignty?
By the early 20th century, President Woodrow Wilson was insisting that “National aspirations must be respected; people may now be dominated and governed only by their own consent.”
In theory, self-determination is today a fundamental principle of international law.
In practice, not so much.
The Middle East’s 35 million Kurds have long wanted their own nation-state.
They’re not about…