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19 May

...so Apple comes up with a ridiculous pretext for rejecting it and hopes nobody notices. I know what you’re thinking: doesn’t Apple has the right to avoid “political” games? Isn’t it smart business to stay out of the Israel/Palestine conflict? Fair question. And in response I give you this: Meet Israeli Heroes, an Angry Birds rip-off in which — according to Boing Boing — “you hurl cartoon missiles at vaguely Arabic-looking adversaries.” Currently available for free on iTunes. So much for Apple’s political neutrality. Liyla and the Shadow of War...
19.05.16 | |

04 Oct

state" like the Vatican. It's interesting to note, that when the Vatican's bid for full membership in the UN failed in 2004, it asked for its own privileges to be upgraded to those already enjoyed by Palestine. Compare the rules annexed to A/RES/52/250 (1998) with those annexed to A/RES/58/314 (2004) See also: "The Holy See backs off from its claim for full membership of the UN, settling for the rights already held by Palestine." So the debate is really only about the use of the word "state" instead of "entity"....
04.10.12 | |

17 Sep

...and Capitalism and Class in the Gulf Arab States (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011), as well as numerous academic articles. This act of denial of entry and deportation by the Israeli state and its agencies is part of a systematic policy of denial of entry to international academics, professionals and activists intending to visit Palestine. This policy represents an attack on Palestinian academic freedom, and is routinely practiced at the two entry points, the airport in Tel Aviv and the Jordan valley crossing from Jordan. Israel is truly the Donald Trump of...
17.09.16 | |

11 Jul

...accurately labeled. Crawford’s report can be downloaded here. I was particularly struck by its final paragraph, in which Crawford says the following: Unfortunately, the present reality of the political situation in Palestine is such that it is unlikely that any adverse legal ramifications will result from States or private entities continuing to engage with the unlawful settlements. As noted by the [ICJ] in its Namibia judgment: “the qualification of a situation as illegal does not by itself put an end to it. It can only be the first, necessary step...
11.07.12 | |

16 Apr

The San Francisco Chronicle has the story: The conference, titled “Litigating Palestine,” took place at the San Francisco campus March 25 and 26. The 13 speakers – four of them Jewish, according to a school official – discussed legal issues and court cases involving Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, protests, consumer boycotts and related topics. The event, approved by Hastings’ faculty, had listed the school’s foundation as a co-sponsor along with the Trans-Arab Research Institute. But on the evening of March 24, Hastings’ Board of Directors held...
16.04.11 | |

29 Aug

really ? How can Kosovo and especially Palestine compare to some small village with the population of 598 in the middle of Rome? That's not even funny. Brian Finucane Julian, The bar for statehood has been low for some time. Most of the newly independent countries of Africa were immediately recognized as states and admitted to the UN during decolonization irrespective of whether they possessed governments capable of controlling their territories. Are Kosovo and Palestine less like states today than the DRC was in 1960? M. Gross There's a number...
29.08.11 | |

19 Jul

...behavior: • Bröning, Michael. The Politics of Change in Palestine: State-Building and Nonviolent Resistance. London: Pluto Press, 2011. (contains an excellent chapter on Hamas) • Caridi, Paola. Hamas: From Resistance to Government. New York: Seven Stories Press, 2012. • Gunning, Jeroen. Hamas in Politics: Democracy, Religion, Violence. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009. • Mishal, Shaul and Avraham Sela. The Palestinian Hamas: Vision, Violence, and Coexistence. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000. • Roy, Sara. Hamas and Civil Society: Engaging the Islamist Social Sector. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2011....
19.07.14 | |

22 Aug

...promotes disruptive elements in society, not Amb Baker's creed. The only fortunate part is that Jews like you are not in a majority. The "tens of thousands of supporters" are the anti-Semitic lot who provide the oxygen for radical Islamists the world over. Mark Response...C'mon Kevin. Don't be coy and don't play us for fools. If Israel unilaterally withdrew from the West Bank tomorrow, you and the rest of BDS would still claim it was occupied. Kumar @MArk... Know something Mark, Israel's existence will be questioned even assuming the Palestine...
22.08.16 | |

30 Jul

...For example, the Palestinian Arab communities of Israel cannot bring charges of apartheid against the State of Israel in the ICC, unless they are first recognized as a state. This despite the fact that the ethnic communities of Palestine were recognized and were the subject of international guarantees ever since the time of the Treaty of Berlin and the LoN mandate. How does international criminal law protect them against outrages like the Prawer plan so long as the US will veto any referral to the ICC? I don't hear you...
30.07.14 | |

26 Jun

...parties concerned, that were considered tantamount to legally binding treaties. For example, the minority protection plan contained in resolution 181(II) placed fundamental rights under UN guarantee and was cited in the GA request and the ICJ advisory opinion as a relevant resolution that was the source of the UN's permanent or on-going responsibility for the question of Palestine. It was included in a catalog of minority treaties and instruments published by the Secretary General in 1950. The plan for Palestine was the only instrument that wasn’t deemed to be affected...
26.06.14 | |

03 Oct

...in general international law even though they had long been numerically preponderant in Palestine, owning most of the land, and even reaching high political office under the Turks. This is because at that time self-determination was, at best, a political principle. It did not exist as an independent legal right, which all peoples could invoke. However, the Arabs were represented at the Paris Peace Conference. Emir Feisal was given a right of audience by the Great Powers and in his speech before them he did assert a claim to Palestine.18...
03.10.11 | |

13 Sep

...its marketing strategy." (p. 19) -- Israel has no "colonial mandate". The claim of a right to build settlements in the West Bank is based on the prior document controlling Palestine, i.e. the Mandate, which existed BEFORE Israel. (Does Salaita know this?) Israel's origin was not "colonial". The Jews in Mandatory Palestine were governed by Britain, just as the Arabs were; the Jews were not agents of the Brits. Israel "prevents an indigenous population from accessing even the most basic rights of citizenship." (p. 22) No it doesn't; Israeli Arabs...
13.09.14 | |