Israeli Settlements (eBook)

Land Politics beyond the Geneva Convention

Martin Blecher (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
220 Seiten
Hamilton Books (Verlag)
978-0-7618-7065-4 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

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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.

Autor

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.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments Introduction Method OneHistorical Background to Israeli Land Policy The Zionist DimensionFrom Market Transactions to State ExpropriationThe Israeli Supreme CourtDifferent LawsThe Difference in Legal Status Over the LandFailure to Protect Arab Peasantry and the Entering of Zionist SettlersThe Categorization of Present Land Ownership in the West BankTwoThe Land Laws: Different Takings and Approaches Israel Accused of Reinterpreted Article 43 of The Hague Regulations of 1907Private and Public Disputes Intertwine?The Stance of B’TselemThe Stance of Peace NowThe Stance of the Edmund Levy ReportThreeArticle 43 of The Hague Regulations Prolonged Occupation Creates Unbridgeable ConflictsRespect the Laws in Force versus Flexibility When Conditions ChangeMore Politics, Less LawFourIsrael, the Fourth Geneva Convention, and The Hague Regulations: Different Takings and Approaches The Most Common Arguments For and Against the Illegality of SettlementsThe Geneva Convention Applies, but Not Justiciable in Israeli Court System?FiveA Review of US Presidents’ Policy vis-à-vis Israeli Settlements Lyndon B. JohnsonRichard NixonGerald FordJimmy CarterRonald ReaganGeorge H. W. BushBill ClintonGeorge W. BushBarack ObamaDonald TrumpSixA Paradigm Shift? SevenTwo Different Destinies, Two Separate Paths The Unlikely Peace ActivistThe Former SettlerConclusions Appendix OneAppendix TwoGlossary BibliographyIndex About the Author

Produkt-Details

• Verlagsort: Lanham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• Schlagworte: B'Tselem • Geneva Convention • Hague Regulations • International Law • Israel • Israeli Judiciary • Israeli settlements • Ottoman Land Laws • Peace Now • State Lands
• ISBN-10: 0-7618-7065-2 / 0761870652
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7618-7065-4 / 9780761870654