Resolution 3210 and Resolution 3237.18 Per these resolutions, international law recognizes the Palestinian people according to the definition of the Palestinian National Charter, namely as “Arab citizens who were living normally in Palestine up to 1947, whether they remained or were expelled, [including] anyone born, after that date, of a Palestinian father – whether inside Palestine or outside it […],” with Palestine defined as “the boundaries it had during the British Mandate.”19 2.2 The Territory: The Whole of Mandatory Palestine There are multiple implications to the fact that the Palestinians are the people of Palestine as their qualification as such is intrinsically linked to the land they have been historically residing in and developing economic, social, and cultural connections. Accordingly, the territory where the Palestinian people have been entitled to exert their right to self-determination is recognized within the borders defined under the British Mandate for Palestine. Pursuant to the ensuing Mandate for Palestine, Article 5 prescribes that Britain, “the Mandatory[,] shall be responsible for seeing that no Palestine territory shall be ceded or leased to, or in any way placed under the control of, the Government of any foreign Power.”20 It follows that the territorial integrity of Palestine, from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea, has been recognized under international law since the British Mandate of 1922. The applicability of the principle of territorial integrity and its respective implications for preserving 18 UNGA, Invitation to the Palestine Liberation Organization, A/RES/3210(XXIX), 14 October 1974, available at: https://unispal.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/0D024B3225278456852560DE0056AA64 [accessed 1 November 2021]; General Assembly, Observer Status for the Palestine Liberation Organization, A/RES/3237(XXIX), 22 November 1974, available at: https://www.un.org/unispal/document/autoinsert-180059/ [accessed 1 November 2021]. 19 Palestinian Liberation Organization [PLO], Palestine National Charter, 28 May 1964, art.2 & art.6, available at: https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/125413/2123_Palestinian_National_Charter.pdf [accessed 1 November 2021]. 20 League of Nations, Mandate for Palestine, C.529.M.314.1922.VI., 12 August 1922, art. 5, available at: https://unispal.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/2FCA2C68106F11AB05256BCF007BF3CB November 2021]. [accessed 1 7