Israeli Settlements

Author : Martin Blecher
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780761870654

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Israeli Settlements by Martin Blecher Pdf

Most research and analyses of Israel’s settlement enterprise has focused on the usage of particular paragraphs in the Geneva Convention. For over 50 years Israel has refuted the usage of the Geneva Convention with regards to its settlements. Doing so, the more relevant question arises on what laws, governance, and regulations, is of importance in understanding Israelis behavior? If one accepts the premise that Israel is occupying some areas, and as an occupying force is forbidden to change laws from previous sovereign, it becomes relevant as to what the laws are and how are they being followed. The aim with this book is to go deeper to understand the rationale behind Israeli land policies. This book is not necessarily a full rejection of the arguments that have been advocated by different scholars that seek to brand Israel’s settlement enterprise as illegal, nor is it to be understood as a full acceptance of those arguments at hand. Rather, I want this book to show nuances in an infective question. The idea is to give the reader an insight into the arguments made by Israel and its judiciary which has not been properly addressed nor researched about through earlier scholars. By including stories about personalities such as Rabbi Menachem Froman & Shabtay Bendet, this book aims to fulfill its purpose of not politicizing the Israeli settlement enterprise through one particular understanding.

Author : Idith Zertal,Akiva Eldar
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786744855

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Lords of the Land by Idith Zertal,Akiva Eldar Pdf

Lords of the Land tells the tragic story of Jewish settlement in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. In the aftermath of the 1967 war and Israel's devastating victory over its Arab neighbors, catastrophe struck both the soul and psyche of the state of Israel. Based on years of research, and written by one of Israel's leading historians and journalists, this involving narrative focuses on the settlers themselves -- often fueled by messianic zeal but also inspired by the original Zionist settlers -- and shows the role the state of Israel has played in nurturing them through massive economic aid and legal sanctions. The occupation, the authors argue, has transformed the very foundations of Israel's society, economy, army, history, language, moral profile, and international standing. "The vast majority of the 6.5 million Israelis who live in their country do not know any other reality," the authors write. "The vast majority of the 3.5 million Palestinians who live in the regions of their occupied land do not know any other reality. The prolonged military occupation and the Jewish settlements that are perpetuating it have toppled Israeli governments and have brought Israel's democracy and its political culture to the brink of an abyss."

Author : Tony J. Sarver
Publisher : School of Policy Studies Queen's University
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : NYPL:33433090047527

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Israel's Settlements in the West Bank by Tony J. Sarver Pdf

The issue of Israeli settlements in the Occupied Territories (West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem) has long been a subject of dispute between the United States and Israel. Their continued existence presents a major challenge to bringing peace to Israel with its Arab neighbors. Moreover, many perceptions of this issue in the United States are uninformed and lead to continued U.S. support of an expanding settlement enterprise that is clearly at odds with U.S. national interests in the Middle East. Indeed, the continually expanding settlements in the West Bank are also against the long-term security interests of the state of Israel. With these thoughts in mind, why do both the United States and Israel continue to support them? This article will explore the historical background of the settlements; the reason this issue is so important, the policies of the United States and Israel; the current situation of the settlements; and finally some possible solutions and recommendations for potential U.S. foreign policy changes.

Author : Sara Yael Hirschhorn
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780674979178

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City on a Hilltop by Sara Yael Hirschhorn Pdf

Since Israel’s 1967 war, more than 60,000 Jewish-Americans have settled in the occupied territories, transforming politics and sometimes committing shocking acts of terrorism. Yet little is known about why they chose to live at the center of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Sara Yael Hirschhorn unsettles stereotypes about these liberal idealists.

Author : Marco Allegra,Ariel Handel,Erez Maggor
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780253025050

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Normalizing Occupation by Marco Allegra,Ariel Handel,Erez Maggor Pdf

Essays that analyze the integration and segregation processes that are an integral part of the broader historical trends shaping Israel/Palestine. Controversy surrounds Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, and the radical national and religious agendas at play there have come to define the area in the minds of many. This study, however, provides an alternative framework for understanding the process of “normalization” in the life of Jewish residents. Considering a wider range of historical and structural factors in which the colonization of the West Bank developed, it allows placing its origins and everyday reality into a wider perspective. The works collected consider the transformation of the landscape, the patterns of relationships shared by the region’s residents, Palestinian and Jewish alike, and the lasting effects of Israel’s settlement policy. Stressed in particular are such factors as urban planning, rising inequality and the retreat of the welfare state, and the changing political economy of industry and employment. Contributions by Lee Cahaner, Honaida Ghanim, Ruthie Ginsburg, Daniel Gutwien, Assaf Harel, Miki Kratsman, David Newman, Amir Paz-Fuchs, Wendy Pullan, Yael Ronen, Erez Tzfadia, Hadas Weiss and Haim Yacobi “The settlements are studied in their full diversity and heterogeneity, shattering a common prejudice to look mainly at the religious-nationalist, ideologically driven among them. The authors show in detail how the colonization project involves communities and agents coming from all sectors of Israeli society.” —Ariella Azoulay, author of Potential History

Author : Mélanie Jacques
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-20
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107005976

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Armed Conflict and Displacement by Mélanie Jacques Pdf

A detailed analysis of contemporary issues relating to international humanitarian law and its interplay with war migrants.

Author : Robert I. Friedman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Arab-Israeli conflict
ISBN : PSU:000043887828

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Zealots for Zion by Robert I. Friedman Pdf

The peace agreement between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization gives us hope for the future of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, but no one expects the transition to be easy. Who are the Jewish zealots who care so deeply about retaining that land for their own? Robert I. Friedman, a prize-winning journalist, takes a hard, close look at the legacy of the controversial policy of building settlements in the Occupied Territories.

Author : Simon McKenzie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-08
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781000758054

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Disputed Territories and International Criminal Law by Simon McKenzie Pdf

It has been over 50 years since the beginning of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories. It is estimated that there are over 600,000 Israeli settlers living in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and they are supported, protected, and maintained by the Israeli state. This book discusses whether international criminal law could apply to those responsible for allowing and promoting this growth, and examines what this application would reveal about the operation of international criminal law. It provides a comprehensive analysis of how the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court could apply to the settlements in the West Bank through a close examination of the potential operation of two relevant Statute crimes: first, the war crime of transfer of population; and second, the war crime of unlawful appropriation of property. It also addresses the threshold question of whether the law of occupation applies to the West Bank, and how the principles of individual criminal responsibility might operate in this context. It explores the relevance and coherence of the legal arguments relied on by Israel in defence of the legality of the settlements and considers how these arguments might apply in the context of the Rome Statute. The work also has wider aims, raising questions about the Rome Statute’s capacity to meet its aim of establishing a coherent and legally effective system of international criminal justice.

Author : Sivan Hirsch-Hoefler,Cas Mudde
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107138643

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The Israeli Settler Movement by Sivan Hirsch-Hoefler,Cas Mudde Pdf

The first systematic analysis and explanation of the political success of the Israeli settler movement. Based on a comprehensive original theoretical framework and rich empirical analysis, this book provides key new insights for the study of both Israeli politics and social movements in general.

Author : David J. Schnall
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015009141444

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Beyond the Green Line by David J. Schnall Pdf

Author : Matthew Vickery
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781783609963

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Employing the Enemy by Matthew Vickery Pdf

Shortlisted for the Palestine Book Awards 2018 Thousands of Palestinians, including children, are building and working on illegal Israeli settlements. Their bitter toil entails a daily rejection of their rights and subjects them to dangerous working conditions. Employing the Enemy is a deeply moving narrative that paints a faithful portrait of these workers and their families. Matthew Vickery explores not only the rationale, emotions and consequences of such employment but also why and how people collude with their own oppression. In doing so he draws attention to a previously neglected aspect of the Palestinian experience, exposing these practices as a new, insidious form of state-sponsored forced labour.

Author : Rouba Al-Salem
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-20
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781351602273

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Security, Rights and Law by Rouba Al-Salem Pdf

This book examines how the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) has interpreted and applied international law principles in adjudicating petitions filed by Palestinians. The research focuses on HCJ judgments that have been rendered since the outbreak of the Second Intifada (2000) in relation to petitions challenging the legality of measures implemented by various Israeli governments and military authorities for the professed need of enhancing the security of Israeli settlements and settlers in the occupied West Bank. It discusses to what extent the HCJ provides a venue for an effective domestic remedy for alleged violations of the Palestinians’ internationally protected rights. It further analyses the judgments of the Court seeking to demonstrate why it appears to show a preference for invoking principles of Israeli administrative and constitutional law, thereby promoting the domestic rather than international Rule of Law. Although the jurisprudence of the HCJ has often been hailed as that of an ‘activist’ court, the analysis of petitions adjudicated by the Court between 2000 and 2014 illustrates why its approach is ill-suited to a situation of prolonged military occupation. Finally, the book evaluates what impact the Court’s adjudication, reasoning and interpretation has on the normative coherence of the international law of belligerent occupation.

Author : Charles Selengut
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781442216877

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Our Promised Land by Charles Selengut Pdf

Our Promised Land takes readers inside radical Israeli settlements to explore how they were formed, what the people in them believe, and their role in the Middle East today. Charles Selengut analyzes the emergence of the radical Israeli Messianic Zionist movement, which advocates Jewish settlement and sovereignty over the whole of biblical Israel as a religious obligation and as the means of world transformation. The movement has established scores of controversial settlements throughout the contested West Bank, bringing more than 300,000 Jews to the area. Messianic Zionism is a fundamentalist movement but wields considerable political power. Our Promised Land, which draws on years of research and interviews in these settlements, offers an intimate and nuanced look at Messianic Zionism, life in the settlements, connections with the worldwide Christian community, and the impact on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Selengut offers an in-depth exploration of a topic that is often mentioned in the headlines but little understood.

Author : Jim Zanotti
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9781437919820

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Israel and the Palestinians: Prospects for a Two-State Solution by Jim Zanotti Pdf

Contents: (1) Overview; (2) Evaluating the Annapolis Process: Signs of Progress or of Setbacks?; Debate Over the Urgency of Reaching a 2-State Solution; Windows of Opportunity for Consensus on the Peace Process; Going Forward from Annapolis; (3) Changes Since Oslo: Middle East Geopolitics; Demographic Concerns -- Arabs to Outnumber Jews?; Violence and Palestinian Factionalism; Impediments to Palestinian Territorial Contiguity and Movement; (4) Alternatives to a 2-State Solution: ¿1-State Solution¿; Israeli Unilateralism; ¿Jordanian¿ or ¿Regional¿ Option; ¿Status Quo¿; (5) The U.S. Approach.; The Role of Hamas; Capacity-Building for Palestinian Moderates; Israeli Settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Maps.

Author : Aharon Kellerman
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438408644

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Society and Settlement by Aharon Kellerman Pdf

This book scrutinizes the interrelationships between Jewish spatial organization and social structure and change in Palestine/Israel. Kellerman analyzes the development of nationwide and regional settlements, and reasons for spatial and territorial choices, such as cooperative villages. He uncovers the extreme differences between the old and the new in Jewish settlement patterns, and discusses the implications for cultural development, economic functions, urban spirit, and international status in evolving Israeli society.