The Banality of a Legal Error: How a Jurisdictional Mistake Shaped Decades of War
This article reviews Mehmet Şükrü Güzel’s The Misclassification, arguing that a single jurisdictional error by the UN regarding Resolution 181 caused decades of conflict. Güzel posits that treating a binding fiduciary determination as a non-binding recommendation created a legal vacuum. By analyzing the UN Charter and the League of Nations Mandate, the book challenges standard political narratives, offering a rigorous legal perspective on the status of Jerusalem and the disputed borders of the region.
