Few scholars have taken an interest in how Israel has rationalized and defended its settlement policies through its use of Ottoman land laws combined with the Hague Regulations. This book provides a descriptive study of Israel's land policies.
Few scholars have taken an interest in how Israel has rationalized and defended its settlement policies through its use of Ottoman land laws combined with the Hague Regulations. This book provides a descriptive study of Israel's land policies.
Martin Blecher is a political scientist in Sweden. His articles have been published in Jerusalem Post and Israel National News as well as in Swedish newspapers. His previous book was an anthology that contained views of proponents versus opponents to the two-state solution between Israel and Palestine.
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Acknowledgments Introduction Method One Historical Background to Israeli Land Policy The Zionist Dimension From Market Transactions to State Expropriation The Israeli Supreme Court Different Laws The Difference in Legal Status Over the Land Failure to Protect Arab Peasantry and the Entering of Zionist Settlers The Categorization of Present Land Ownership in the West Bank Two The Land Laws: Different Takings and Approaches Israel Accused of Reinterpreted Article 43 of The Hague Regulations of 1907 Private and Public Disputes Intertwine? The Stance of B'Tselem The Stance of Peace Now The Stance of the Edmund Levy Report Three Article 43 of The Hague Regulations Prolonged Occupation Creates Unbridgeable Conflicts Respect the Laws in Force versus Flexibility When Conditions Change More Politics, Less Law Four Israel, the Fourth Geneva Convention, and The Hague Regulations: Different Takings and Approaches The Most Common Arguments For and Against the Illegality of Settlements The Geneva Convention Applies, but Not Justiciable in Israeli Court System? Five A Review of US Presidents' Policy vis-à-vis Israeli Settlements Lyndon B. Johnson Richard Nixon Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton George W. Bush Barack Obama Donald Trump Six A Paradigm Shift? Seven Two Different Destinies, Two Separate Paths The Unlikely Peace Activist The Former Settler Conclusions Appendix One Appendix Two Glossary Bibliography Index About the Author
Acknowledgments Introduction Method One Historical Background to Israeli Land Policy The Zionist Dimension From Market Transactions to State Expropriation The Israeli Supreme Court Different Laws The Difference in Legal Status Over the Land Failure to Protect Arab Peasantry and the Entering of Zionist Settlers The Categorization of Present Land Ownership in the West Bank Two The Land Laws: Different Takings and Approaches Israel Accused of Reinterpreted Article 43 of The Hague Regulations of 1907 Private and Public Disputes Intertwine? The Stance of B'Tselem The Stance of Peace Now The Stance of the Edmund Levy Report Three Article 43 of The Hague Regulations Prolonged Occupation Creates Unbridgeable Conflicts Respect the Laws in Force versus Flexibility When Conditions Change More Politics, Less Law Four Israel, the Fourth Geneva Convention, and The Hague Regulations: Different Takings and Approaches The Most Common Arguments For and Against the Illegality of Settlements The Geneva Convention Applies, but Not Justiciable in Israeli Court System? Five A Review of US Presidents' Policy vis-à-vis Israeli Settlements Lyndon B. Johnson Richard Nixon Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton George W. Bush Barack Obama Donald Trump Six A Paradigm Shift? Seven Two Different Destinies, Two Separate Paths The Unlikely Peace Activist The Former Settler Conclusions Appendix One Appendix Two Glossary Bibliography Index About the Author
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