Download or read book A Threshold Crossed written by Omar Shakir and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The widely held assumption that the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory is a temporary situation and that the 'peace process' will soon bring an end to Israeli abuses has obscured the reality on the ground today of Israel's entrenched discriminatory rule over Palestinians. A single authority, the Israeli government, rules primarily over the area between the Jordan River and Mediterranean Sea, populated by two groups of roughly equal size, methodologically privileging Jewish Israelis while repressing Palestinians, most severely in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), made-up of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza. Drawing on years of human rights documentation, case studies and a review of government planning documents, statements by officials and other sources, [this report] examines Israel's treatment of Palestinians and evaluates whether particular Israeli policies and practices in certain areas amount to the crimes against humanity of apartheid and persecution."--Page 4 of cover.
Download or read book Report on the Palestinians Under Israeli Rule written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Power of Inclusive Exclusion written by Adi Ophir and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2009-11-18 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Groundbreaking essays by leading Israeli and Palestinian scholars analyze the system of Israeli power in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. On the eve of its fifth decade, the Israeli occupation in the Palestinian territories can no longer be considered a temporary aberration. Israel's control over Palestinian life, society, space and land has become firmly entrenched while acquiring more sophisticated and enduring forms. The Power of Inclusive Exclusion analyzes the Israeli occupation as a rationalized system of political rule. With essays by leading Palestinian and Israeli scholars, a comprehensive chronology, photographs, and original documents, this groundbreaking book calls into question prevalent views of the occupation as a skewed form of brutal colonization, a type of Jewish apartheid, or an inevitable response to terrorism. The writers address the fundamental and contemporary dimensions of the occupation regime--its unpredictable bureaucratic apparatus, the fragmentation of space and regulation of movement, the intricate tapestry of law and regulations, the discriminatory control over economic flows and the calculated use of military violence. The Power of Inclusive Exclusion uncovers the structural logic that sustains and reproduces the occupation regime. In a time when military occupations are emerging globally, political disasters abound, and protracted control over groups of noncitizens has been normalized, The Power of Inclusive Exclusion provides a new set of categories crucial to our understanding of emergency regimes and identifies what is at stake for an informed and timely opposition. Contributors Caroline Abu-Sada, Gadi Algazi, Ariella Azoulay, Orna Ben-Naftali, Yael Berda, Hilla Dayan, Leila Farsakh, Dani Filc, Michal Givoni, Mira Givoni, Neve Gordon, Aeyal M. Gross, Sari Hanafi, Ariel Handel, Keren Michaeli, Adi Ophir, Ronen Shamir, Yehuda Shenhav, Eyal Weizman
Download or read book Justice for Some written by Noura Erakat and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2019-04-23 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A brilliant and bracing analysis of the Palestine question and settler colonialism . . . a vital lens into movement lawyering on the international plane.” —Vasuki Nesiah, New York University, founding member of Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) Justice in the Question of Palestine is often framed as a question of law. Yet none of the Israel-Palestinian conflict’s most vexing challenges have been resolved by judicial intervention. Occupation law has failed to stem Israel’s settlement enterprise. Laws of war have permitted killing and destruction during Israel’s military offensives in the Gaza Strip. The Oslo Accord’s two-state solution is now dead letter. Justice for Some offers a new approach to understanding the Palestinian struggle for freedom, told through the power and control of international law. Focusing on key junctures—from the Balfour Declaration in 1917 to present-day wars in Gaza—Noura Erakat shows how the strategic deployment of law has shaped current conditions. Over the past century, the law has done more to advance Israel’s interests than the Palestinians’. But, Erakat argues, this outcome was never inevitable. Law is politics, and its meaning and application depend on the political intervention of states and people alike. Within the law, change is possible. International law can serve the cause of freedom when it is mobilized in support of a political movement. Presenting the promise and risk of international law, Justice for Some calls for renewed action and attention to the Question of Palestine. “Careful and captivating . . . This book asks that the Palestinian liberation struggle and Jewish-Israeli society each reckon with the impossibility of a two-state future, reimagining what their interests are—and what they could become.” —Amanda McCaffrey, Jewish Currents
Download or read book World Report 2019 written by Human Rights Watch and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 957 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best country-by-country assessment of human rights. The human rights records of more than ninety countries and territories are put into perspective in Human Rights Watch's signature yearly report. Reflecting extensive investigative work undertaken by Human Rights Watch staff, in close partnership with domestic human rights activists, the annual World Report is an invaluable resource for journalists, diplomats, and citizens, and is a must-read for anyone interested in the fight to protect human rights in every corner of the globe.
Download or read book The One State Condition written by Ariella Azoulay and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2012-11-28 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the start of the occupation of Palestinian territories in 1967, Israel's domination of the Palestinians has deprived an entire population of any political status or protection. But even decades on, most people speak of this rule—both in everyday political discussion and in legal and academic debates—as temporary, as a state of affairs incidental and external to the Israeli regime. In The One-State Condition, Ariella Azoulay and Adi Ophir directly challenge this belief. Looking closely at the history and contemporary formation of the ruling apparatus—the technologies and operations of the Israeli army, the General Security Services, and the legal system imposed in the Occupied Territories—Azoulay and Ophir outline the one-state condition of Israel/Palestine: the grounding principle of Israeli governance is the perpetuation of differential rule over populations of differing status. Israeli citizenship is shaped through the active denial of Palestinian citizenship and civil rights. Though many Israelis, on both political right and left, agree that the occupation constitutes a problem for Israeli democracy, few ultimately admit that Israel is no democracy or question the very structure of the Israeli regime itself. Too frequently ignored are the lasting effects of the deceptive denial of the events of 1948 and 1967, and the ways in which the resulting occupation has reinforced the sweeping militarization and recent racialization of Israeli society. Azoulay and Ophir show that acknowledgment of the one-state condition is not only a prerequisite for considering a one- or two-state solution; it is a prerequisite for advancing new ideas to move beyond the trap of this false dilemma.
Download or read book Palestinian Human Rights Under Israeli Rule written by and published by . This book was released on 1993* with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Israel Palestine on Record written by Howard Friel and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this scathing analysis of Israel-Palestine coverage in the US media, Howard Friel and Richard Falk reveal the persistent ways the New York Times has ignored principles of international law in order to shield its readers from Israel's lawlessness. While the Times publishes dozens of front-page stories and extensive commentary on the killings of Israelis, it publishes very few such stories on the killings of Palestinians, and mostly ignores the extensive documentation of massive violations of Palestinian human rights by the government of Israel. Furthermore, the Times regularly ignores or under-reports a multitude of critical legal issues pertaining to Israel's policies, including Israel's expropriation and settlement of Palestinian land, the two-tier system of laws based on national origin evocative of South Africa's apartheid regime, the demolition of Palestinian homes, and use of deadly force against Palestinians. These journalistic practices have not only shielded the extent of Israel's transgressions from the American electorate, which is Israel's main source of financial and military support, it has severely diminished our understanding of the Middle East and of US foreign policy in general.
Download or read book Separate and Unequal written by Bill Van Esveld and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Israel's settlements in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, are widely viewed as illegal under international humanitarian law, which prohibits the occupying power from transferring its civilian population into the territories it occupies. This report focuses on the less-discussed aspect of Israeli laws and policies in the West Bank that discriminate against the Palestinian population in favor of settlers. Based on case studies that compare Israeli settlements with next-door Palestinian communities in six areas of the West Bank, this report shows that Israel operates a two-tier system for the two populations in areas under its exclusive control--'Area C' and East Jerusalem; it provides preferential services, development and benefits for Jewish settlers, while imposing harsh conditions on Palestinians. The report highlights Israeli practices the only discernible purposes of which appear to be promoting life in the settlements while in many instances stifling growth in Palestinian communities and even forcibly displacing Palestinian residents. Israeli policies control many aspects of the day-to-day life of Palestinians who live in Area C and East Jerusalem. Those policies often have no conceivable security justification for the harms they cause--such as denying access to electricity, water and roads, rejecting building permit applications for houses, schools, clinics and infrastructure, and demolishing homes and even entire communities. By contrast, Israeli policies, such as substantial government financial incentives, promote Jewish settlements and encourage them to expand in 'Area C' of the West Bank and East Jerusalem, often using land and other resources that are effectively barred to Palestinians. In some cases, Israel's discriminatory policies have forcibly displaced Palestinians from the same areas where settlements have encroached. Such different treatment, on the basis of race, ethnicity and national origin and not narrowly tailored to meet genuine security or other legitimate goals, is not justifiable and therefore violates the fundamental prohibition against discrimination under human rights law. The report calls on Israel to cease its discriminatory practices immediately, quite apart from its independent legal obligation to cease its support for settlements and to remove settlers from the West Bank. The report also calls on other countries and businesses to avoid supporting Israeli settlement policies that are inherently discriminatory and violate international law."--P. [4] of cover.
Download or read book Occupation Inc written by Human Rights Watch (Organization) and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This report documents how settlement businesses facilitate the growth and operations of settlements. These businesses depend on and contribute to the Israeli authorities' unlawful confiscation of Palestinian land and other resources. They also benefit from these violations, as well as Israel's discriminatory policies that provide privileges to settlements at the expense of Palestinians, such as access to land and water, government subsidies, and permits for developing land"--Publisher's description.
Download or read book The Palestinians written by David McDowall and published by Minority Rights Group. This book was released on 1987-10-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Palestinian people are today treated as strangers in their own country and as refugees in Arab States. Despite their rule by outsiders- Ottoman Turks and, from 1917, the British - Palestinian Arabs had always remained the majority population within Palestine. From the late 19th century increasing numbers of Zionist settlers came, driven by savage pogroms in Eastern Europe and later by the Nazi Holocaust. Despite fervent and increasingly desperate protests by Arabs, Palestine was partitioned by the UN in 1947 and much of the area the Arabs retained was subsequently lost to the new Israeli State in the wars of 1948/9 and 1967. Today over 2 million Palestinians live under Israeli administration both within Israel itself and in the Occupied Territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, while another 2.8 million live beyond the borders of Palestine, unable to return. Not only have many Palestinians been deprived of their homes and properties, but they have been denied democratic rights and the hope of governing their own country. Lacking the right to determine their own future, they have sometimes struck back in frustration and despair. Tile Palestinians. the new Minority Rights Group report 24, not only outlines the history of the Palestinian people, but their present situation, inside and outside Israel. It gives a detailed account of Palestinian disadvantage under Israeli administration in the fields of law, local government, civic amenities, housing, education, health, employment, industry, agriculture, land ownership and settlement and water allocation, and increasing suppression of dissent. Newly written by David McDowall, with a Foreword by Dr Claire Palley, this report also contains maps, statistics and an appendix outlining the main political groups within the Palestinian movement today. A detailed and accurate account of the Palestinian people at a time when their sense of powerlessness has increased and when their position is especially precarious, this report is essential reading for all those who feel concern for the future of the Palestinians, Israel, the Middle East, and world peace. Please note that the terminology in the fields of minority rights and indigenous peoples’ rights has changed over time. MRG strives to reflect these changes as well as respect the right to self-identification on the part of minorities and indigenous peoples. At the same time, after over 50 years’ work, we know that our archive is of considerable interest to activists and researchers. Therefore, we make available as much of our back catalogue as possible, while being aware that the language used may not reflect current thinking on these issues.
Download or read book International Law and the Israeli Palestinian Conflict written by Susan M. Akram and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-12-23 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has long been intertwined with, and has had a profound influence on, the principles of modern international law. Placing a rights-based approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at the centre of discussions over its peaceful resolution, this book provides detailed consideration of international law and its application to political issues. Through the lens of international law and justice, the book debunks the myth that law is not useful to its resolution, illustrating through both theory and practice how international law points the way to a just and durable solution to the conflict in the Middle East. Contributions from leading scholars in their respective fields give an in-depth analysis of key issues that have been marginalized in most mainstream discussions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Palestinian refugees Jerusalem security legal and political frameworks the future of Palestine. Written in a style highly accessible to the non-specialist, this book is an important addition to the existing literature on the subject. The findings of this book will not only be of interest to students and scholars of Middle Eastern politics, International Law, International Relations and conflict resolution, but will be an invaluable resource for human rights researchers, NGO employees, and embassy personnel, policy staffers and negotiators.
Download or read book Palestine and Israel written by John B. Quigley and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quigley (law, Ohio State) details the complex politics and agonizing struggles that have characterized the clash between Jews and Arabs in the 20th century, examining the competing claims to Palestine and the extent to which legitimate interests remain to be fulfilled. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Israel the Palestinians and the West Bank written by Shmuel Sandler and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 1984 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analysis of political problems and social conflict in the community relations between Palestinians and Israelis in the West Bank Israeli administered territory since 1967 - outlines relevant political theories and historical origins of the conflict, partic. The partition of Palestine; examines the role of Jordan 1948-1967, the area's economic growth and political development, the role of the PLO national liberation movement, Israel's changing political ideology, emphasis on West Bank human settlement and the war in Lebanon. Bibliography, statistical tables.
Download or read book The Palestinians written by David McDowall and published by Minority Rights Group Publications. This book was released on 1987 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Palestinian people are today treated as strangers in their own country and as refugees in Arab States. Despite their rule by outsiders- Ottoman Turks and, from 1917, the British - Palestinian Arabs had always remained the majority population within Palestine. From the late 19th century increasing numbers of Zionist settlers came, driven by savage pogroms in Eastern Europe and later by the Nazi Holocaust. Despite fervent and increasingly desperate protests by Arabs, Palestine was partitioned by the UN in 1947 and much of the area the Arabs retained was subsequently lost to the new Israeli State in the wars of 1948/9 and 1967. Today over 2 million Palestinians live under Israeli administration both within Israel itself and in the Occupied Territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, while another 2.8 million live beyond the borders of Palestine, unable to return. Not only have many Palestinians been deprived of their homes and properties, but they have been denied democratic rights and the hope of governing their own country. Lacking the right to determine their own future, they have sometimes struck back in frustration and despair. Tile Palestinians. the new Minority Rights Group report 24, not only outlines the history of the Palestinian people, but their present situation, inside and outside Israel. It gives a detailed account of Palestinian disadvantage under Israeli administration in the fields of law, local government, civic amenities, housing, education, health, employment, industry, agriculture, land ownership and settlement and water allocation, and increasing suppression of dissent. Newly written by David McDowall, with a Foreword by Dr Claire Palley, this report also contains maps, statistics and an appendix outlining the main political groups within the Palestinian movement today. A detailed and accurate account of the Palestinian people at a time when their sense of powerlessness has increased and when their position is especially precarious, this report is essential reading for all those who feel concern for the future of the Palestinians, Israel, the Middle East, and world peace. Please note that the terminology in the fields of minority rights and indigenous peoples’ rights has changed over time. MRG strives to reflect these changes as well as respect the right to self-identification on the part of minorities and indigenous peoples. At the same time, after over 50 years’ work, we know that our archive is of considerable interest to activists and researchers. Therefore, we make available as much of our back catalogue as possible, while being aware that the language used may not reflect current thinking on these issues.
Download or read book Access Denied written by Ḥusayn Abū Ḥusayn and published by Zed Books. This book was released on 2003-09 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how Israeli land policy today inhibits access to land for its own Arab citizens even within the 1948 boundaries of the state of Israel. Its authors explore the system of land ownership, the acquisition and administration of public land, and the control of land use through planning and housing regulations. They argue that the law is used to discriminate against non-Jewish citizens and restrict Israeli Palestinians' access to land, and that Israeli land policies breach international human rights standards which could be used as a basis to challenge discriminatory policies.
Download or read book Reporting from Ramallah written by Amira Hass and published by Semiotext(e). This book was released on 2003 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Israeli journalist Amira Hass chronicles the experiences she had while living in Ramallah.
