Occupier's Law and the Uprising
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12016743 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Raja Shehadeh (Raja Shehadeh is co-founder of Law in the Service of Man/al-Haq, the West Bank affiliate of the International Commission of Jurists, as well as the author of numerous articles and books. This article is abridged from the epilogue to the second edition of his book Occupier's Law (Washington, D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, forthcoming, 1988)., corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 24-37 |
| Publication date | 1988-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Palestine Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0377-919X • E-ISSN: 1533-8614 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2537457 |
| OpenAlex | W2130689574 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Twenty-one years have passed since Israel's occupation of West Bank and Gaza Strip. During that time, it has become clear that Israel's actions in territories have been aimed at changing status quo so as to make permanent acquisition of areas seized in 1967. East Jerusalem and Golan Heights have been formally annexed, while West Bank and Gaza are being gradually absorbed. In violation of internationally accepted conventions, Israel has introduced far-reaching legal, material, and administrative changes through more than 1,200 military orders. Palestinian land has been expropriated on a massive scale, water resources have been monopolized, settlements have been created in a pattern aimed at fragmenting Palestinian population, and local government and judiciary have been restructured. Israel's explanation of nature of occupation has undergone several changes. In beginning, it acknowledged its status as an occupying force (even while claiming occupation had been forced upon it by a war it had not sought and insisting that occupation was the most benevolent in history). Somewhat later it stated that occupation would continue until a final settlement was reached according to which
Ancient history · Archaeology · Business · Gaza strip · Geography · Government (linguistics · Human settlement · Palestine · Political science · Population · Settlement (finance · Sociology · Status quo · West bank · Demography · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Middle East Politics and Society
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1989 - 2010 (22) |
| Highly cited | No |