Access Denied: Palestinian Access to Land in Israel - Hardcover
This book examines how Israeli land policy today inhibits access to land for its own Arab citizens even within the 1948 boundaries of the state of Israel. The authors explore the system of land ownership, the acquisition and administration of public land, and the control of land use through planning and housing regulations. They argue that the law is used to discriminate against non-Jewish citizens and to restrict Israeli Palestinians' access to land, while stating that Israeli land policies breach international human rights standards which could be used as a basis to challenge discriminatory policies.
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About the Author:
Hussein Abu Hussein is a Palestinian lawyer who practices in Um El Fahem, one of the largest Palestinian communities in Israel.
Fiona McKay is a solicitor and international human rights lawyer.
Review:
Fiona McKay is a solicitor and international human rights lawyer.
The Palestinian Question is essentially about competing claims to land, both within the occupied territories and Israel itself. This carefully written and thoroughly researched study shows how Israel has succeeded, by means contrary to international human rights standards, in reserving 94 per cent of the land of Israel for the exclusive use of its Jewish population. The dispossession of the land of the Palestinians within Israel by discriminatory laws and practices is examined in the context of Palestinian history, Israeli law and international standards. This excellent study serves as a timely reminder that the Palestine Question is not only about the occupied territories - it is also about the plight of Palestinians in Israel itself.' John Dugard, University of Leiden; Special rapporteur to the UN Commission on Human Rights on Violations of Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory In all settler colonies, control over land is in the heart of the conflict that will inevitably ensue between the natives and the settlers. Israel, being a settler colony is no exception to this rule. Its protracted conflict with the Palestinians, whether refugees outside their homeland or internal refugees, is focused on the control of land. This carefully researched book is the definitive work on the various modalities Israel has devised and utilized to systematically colonize Palestinian land, to secure control thereon, and to frustrate any attempt by the Palestinians to reclaim their properties.' Anis F. Kassim, Consulting Editor, The Palestine Yearbook of International Law
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- PublisherZed Books
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 1842771221
- ISBN 13 9781842771228
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages336
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