فلسطين: الفلسطينيون والقانون الدولي

by Francis A. Boyle

تشعل إسرائيل على الفلسطينيين حروب متعددة .. عسكرية ، مالية ، اقتصادية ، نفسية ، اعلامية ، وليس أقل منها قانونية ...
وقد نجحت إسرائيل وأمريكا فى الضغط على الفلسطينيين ، وايهامهم أنه لا حل للمشكلة الإسرائيلية الفلسطينية إلا على مائدة المفاوضات ...
وفى هذا ضرب لكل حق ومنطق بعرض الحائط ...
كيف يتفاوض طرف نووى يحتل أرضا منذ أكثؤ من خمسين سنة ، مع طرف أعزل ليس له جيش ولا دولة؟!
مع العلم أن هذا الطرف النووى الذى يؤمن بأنه يسكن أرض الميعاد التى وهبها الله لشعبه المختار!
ثم أين هى الأمم المتحدة ، والتى قامت إسرائيل بقرار منها ؟ لماذا تستبعد الآن؟
وفى هذا الكتاب ، يبين أستاذ القانون الأمريكى -فرانسيس بويل- الحقوق الفلسطينية، وكيف يمكن الحفاظ عليها أما الإنحياز الأمريكى الكامل لإسرائيل، وأمام حيل ومناورات وخداع أمريكا وإسرائيل.
قبيل طباعة الكتاب ، أرسل لنا المؤلف يقول (إننى فخور وسعيد أن كتابى سوف يظهر بلغة القرآن).

Genres: History, Law, Middle East

285 pages

First published March 1, 2003

About the author

Francis Anthony Boyle (born 1950) is a professor of international law at the University of Illinois College of Law. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis...]

Reviews

[Daniel Farrell · Rating 1 out of 5]

I expected more from a book by an "expert", this book is biased and does not even begin to consider that both sides may actually have a reasonable argument. Studs not finish reading, mostly because of my disgust at the biased nature our the text.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although written in 1997 and somewhat outdated at this point, this book is very informative and, in many ways, relevant until today. It sheds light on many important events in the history of the Palestinian cause, many of which the author himself was involved in as a legal advisor, such as the events that led to the rise of the Oslo Accords. Most importantly, it talks about Israeli violations of international law in the Second Intifada and thereafter and shows that legally, these violations amount to nothing less than "crimes against humanity". The US' complicity in these acts and others are also considered an offence under international law.

The author also creates a list of actions member states of the UN as well as activists for Palestinian rights can take in order to make Israel abide by international law. These include, but are not limited to:

1) Creating an international criminal tribunal for Palestine (ICTP)

2) Enforcing sanctions against Israel

3) Dumping the dishonest broker

4) Divesting and Disinvesting from Israel (I.e., In today's terms, supporting BDS - something which is important considering the author's agreement that Israel is an apartheid state).

My biggest concern with the book, however, is its disregard of the 1948 war (the Nakba) and its effect on the Palestinian issue today.