Palestine, Palestinians, and International Law

by Boyle, Francis Anthony

• ISBN13: 9780932863379
• ISBN10: 093286337X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-03-01
• Publisher: Scb Distributors

Author Biography

Francis A. Boyle is a leading American professor, practitioner and advocate of international law. He was responsible for drafting the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989, the American implementing legislation for the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention. He served on the Board of Directors of Amnesty International (1988-1992), and represented Bosnia-Herzegovina at the World Court. Professor Boyle teaches international law at the University of Illinois, Champaign

Table of Contents

Introduction: Standing in Solidarity with the Palestinian People	11	(25)
The Big Lie
Chicago
Harvard
Entebbe Lecture
The Middle East and the American Society of International Law
Israel's 1982 Invasion of Lebanon
Two Bogus Wars on Terrorism
Yaron and Sharon Redux
Speaking for the Palestinians at the UN
Sparring with Jordan
The First Intifada
Creating the Palestinian State
The Palestinian Declaration of Independence
Diplomatic Recognition
The Effort to Accede to the Geneva Conventions and Protocols
The Isolation of the Palestinians
Middle East Peace Negotiations?
The Palestinian Alternative to Oslo
The Status of Jerusalem
Divestment/Disinvestment
Prologue
Creating the State of Palestine	25	(33)
Introduction
Create the State of Palestine!
The League of Nations Mandates for Palestine and South West Africa
The History of Namibia at the United Nations
How to Create the State of Palestine
U.N. General Assembly Sanctions Against Israel
Palestine Versus Namibia
Palestine: One Nation, Two States
Palestinian Declaration of Independence
Statehood Declaration is Part of PLO's Carefully Researched Plan (interview by M. Kay Siblani)
The International Legal Right of the Palestinian People to Self-Determination and An Independent State of Their Own	58	(13)
The Intifadah
The Elements of Palestinian Statehood
Who Controls Palestine?
Palestinian Steps Toward Peace
Self-defense Is Not Terrorism!
The Framework for Negotiating a Comprehensive Middle East Peace Settlement
A Solution for Jerusalem
Human Impediments to Peace
Soviet Immigration to Palestine Violates International Law
Conclusion
The Future Peace of Jerusalem	71	(7)
The Palestinian Alternative to Oslo: A Memorandum of Law	78	(41)
From the Oslo Accords to the Al Aqsa Intifada	119	(13)
Introduction
Palestinian Good Faith
Labor vs. Likud?
Israel's Bantustan Proposal
The Palestinian Anti-Bantustan Proposal
Secret Negotiations in Norway
Why Did President Arafat Accept What Was Offered in Oslo?
Post-Oslo Agreements
Camp David II
The Israeli Origins of the Al Aqsa Intifada
Security Council Resolution 1322
Israel's Belligerent Occupation of Palestine
The International Laws of Belligerent Occupation
The UN Human Rights Commission Specifies Israeli Actions As War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity
Israel's War Crimes against Palestinians
Israel's Crimes Against Humanity against Palestinians
The Precursor to Genocide
U.S. Complicity
Oslo is Dead
Preserving the Rule of Law in the War Against International Terrorism	132	(21)
State Terrorism
The Geneva Declaration on Terrorism
Preamble
State Terrorism
National Liberation Movements
Non-international Armed Conflicts
The Role of the International Media
Conclusion
Defining Terrorism
The Israeli Origins of the Reagan/Bush Sr. Administration's War Against International Terrorism
Terrorism as a Response to the Israeli Invasion of Lebanon
The Reagan/Bush Sr. Administration's War Against International Law
The Perversity Behind the Shultz Doctrine
The Sofaer Corollary
International Law on the Threat and Use of Force
The Illegality of Intervention, Protection and Self-Help
International Legal Means for Responding to the Threat and Use of Force
The Bush Jr. Administration
Bush Jr. Embraces Weapons of Mass Extermination
Bush Jr.'s First-Use Nuclear Terrorism
The Rogue Elephant
What Is to Be Done?	153	(24)
UN Suspension of the State of Israel
International Law as the Basis for Peace
Dump the Dishonest Broker
Sanctions
International Criminal Tribunal for Palestine
World Court Lawsuit for Genocide
Divestment/Disinvestment Campaign
How to Support the Israeli Divestment/Disinvestment Campaign
Applying the 1973 Apartheid Convention to Dismantle Israel's Genocidal Apartheid Regime
The Rome Statute for the International Criminal Court
Precedents from Dismantling the Former Criminal Apartheid Regime in South Africa
Conclusion
Postscript	177	(1)
Appendix I: Bibliography of Genocidal/Apartheid Acts Inflicted by Israel on the Palestinians During the Al Aqsa Intifada	178	(23)
Appendix II: Bibliography on the Middle East and International Law	201	(2)
Index	203