Indigenous Land Rights in Israel

Morad Elsana

ISBN 10: 0367633531 / ISBN 13: 9780367633530

Published by Taylor & Francis, 2023

About this Item

Morad Elsana is a research scholar and professional teacher at the American University (DC). Prior to this role, he served as a visiting assistant professor of law at the Californian Western School of Law, fellow of the Israel Institute.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Indigenous Land Rights in Israel
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367633531
• ISBN 13: 9780367633530
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Introducing the Negev–Bedouin land issue from the international indigenous land rights perspective, this comparative study suggests options for the recognition of their land. The book demonstrates that the Bedouin land dispossession, like many indigenous peoples’, progressed through several phases that included eviction and displacement, legislation, and judicial decisions that support acts of dispossession and deny the Bedouin’s traditional land rights.

Examining the Mawat legal doctrine on which the State and the Court rely on to deny Bedouin land rights, this volume introduces the relevant international law protecting indigenous land rights and shows how the limitations of this law prevent any meaningful protection of Bedouin land rights. In the second part of the work, the Aborigines’ land in Australia is introduced as an example of indigenous peoples' successful struggle for their traditional land rights. The final chapter analyzes the basic elements of judicial recognition of the land and shows that the basic elements needed for Bedouin land recognition exist in the Israeli legal system.

Proposing practical recommendations for the recognition of Bedouin land, this volume is a key resource to scholars and students interested in land rights, international law, comparative studies, and the Middle East.

About the Author

Morad Elsana is a research scholar and professional teacher at the American University (DC). Prior to this role, he served as a visiting assistant professor of law at the Californian Western School of Law, fellow of the Israel Institute. Elsana is the recipient of several prestigious fellowships such as The Fulbright Outreach fellowship; The NIF Civil Rights Leadership fellowship; and the McGill University "Middle East Program for Civil Society & Peace Building" fellowship. His research focuses on human rights, indigenous peoples’ rights, legal pluralism comparative law, racial justice, and the Arab Minority in Israel.