| Description |
xiii, 191 pages ; 24 cm |
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Syracuse studies on peace and conflict resolution |
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Syracuse studies on peace and conflict resolution.
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| Contents |
1. The Political and Legal Environment -- 2. The Settlement Policy and Its Consequences -- 3. Measures of Enforcement and Punishment -- 4. Justice under Occupation -- 5. Alternative Political Solutions -- App. A. The 1907 Hague Regulations Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land -- App. B. Israel's Defence (Emergecy) Regulations, 1945 -- App. C. United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) (Articles 1-21) -- App. D. Fourth Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of August 12, 1949 -- App. E. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Part I -- App. F. The Karp Report: An Israeli Government Inquiry into Settler Violence Against Palestinians on the West Bank -- App. G. Landau Commission Report on the Shin Bet, 1987 |
| Summary |
One of the most controversial conflicts of our time is that between Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs. Ilan Peleg focuses on the status of human rights in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip until the early 1990s and evaluates the likely condition of human rights within a variety of possible solutions to the conflict. He approaches the Israeli-Palestinian dilemma from a human rights perspective and offers solutions within a human rights context. Massive violations of human rights, Peleg concludes, cannot be amended by a reform of the legal system but requires a more fundamental political change. He puts forth a balanced perspective, recognizing both Israeli and Palestinian sources and views, as well as international perspectives |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-185) and index |
| Subject |
Human rights -- Gaza Strip.
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Human rights -- West Bank.
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Palestinian Arabs -- Civil rights -- Gaza Strip.
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Palestinian Arabs -- Civil rights -- West Bank.
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| LC no. |
95007834 |
| ISBN |
0815626827 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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