Palestine Palestinians and International Law
A leading US expert applies the norms and standards of international law to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, addressing Palestinian statehood, the negotiation and failure of the Oslo Accords, the status of Jerusalem, the Al Aqsa Intifada, the right of return, human rights violations, war crimes, crimes against humanity, terrorism (both state and suicide bombings), the current divest-from-Israel campaign and the US war against Iraq.
arabworldbooks.com helped Clarity Press produce the Arabic edition of this book published by Shourouk International 2004. Both editions were featured as our book of the month November 2005. Further reading and readers' comments as well as Professor Boyle's response can be found below.
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Professor Frances Boyle's Response to readers in 2005
"I want to thank all of your readers for their fine and incisive comments on my book. I will be sure to consider them when I get around to writing a second edition. I submit that we should all be quite pleased and happy that the Palestinian People had the opportunity to further exercise their international legal right to self-determination by means of these recent and
most democratic elections. The World has an obligation to honor and respect their choice of political leaders and to work with them in order to terminate Israel's illegal and genocidal occupation of Palestine and Al Quds. Free Palestine!
Francis A. Boyle
Professor of International Law"
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من ارشيف تعليقات القراء 2005
name: عمرو محجوب
يستعرض المؤلف ما نبه اليه القيادة الفلسطينية في بداية عملية أوسلو حول نوايا اسرائيل في اقامة حكومة فلسطينية تمثل واجهة للاحتلال وتقمع الشعب الفلسطيني نيابة عن اسرائيل بما في ذلك تشجيع قيام حرب اهلية فلسطينية وأتمنى أن تكون القيادة الفلسطينية قد تنبهت الى هذه النصيحة.
name: healingpower
Professor boyle reproduces the arguments he made 15 years ago against an interim agreement that does not include a clear understanding on the permanent settlement. He has certainly been proved right.
name: جاسم
يوضح هذا الكتاب المتميز مدى التراجع الذي حققته القضية الفلسطينية على الصعيد الدولي منذ قرار التقسيم عام 1948 والخلاصة الوحيدة التي يمكن التوصل اليها هي عبثية الاعتماد على القانون الدولي وقرارات المسماة بالشرعية الدولية
name: Dalal Mana
I would like to thank arabworldbooks.com for last month’s excellent selection. Frances Boyle makes a long list of Israeli atrocities against Palestinians including war crimes and illegal settlements. It is impossible to ignore the profound duplicity and double standards of the international community.
name: Karim Zaher
Professor Boyle makes a compelling argument that the Palestinian state is indeed an internationally recognized legal entity, especially since Israel does not have true control over either the west bank or gaza. This argument means that the Palestinian state is in fact only trying to bring Israeli incursions, road blocks and killings to an end. It is a pity that no body in the world seems to understand that.
name: Ali Tal
Palestine, Palestinians and International Law By Professor Francis Boyle as very competently translated into Arabic by Dr D. Alash’al traces not only the emergence of the idea of a Palestinian State but how it developed into a potent political and cultural fact. The book alludes to the amazing tenacity and leadership of Yaser Arafat and his affection for Palestine and undying faith in the Palestinians, which was manifested in his countless last stands, outbursts and above all in his genius in surrounding himself with right individuals to advance his cause of his people. One of those was the eminent and sharp-minded international lawyer professor Francis Boyle whose integrity, personal fondness for Justice and valuable legal advice contributed a great deal to the just cause of Palestine which he recounts in his book. But of course the memory of Palestine was kept alive not by speechifying but by the heroic sacrifices of the countless grass-root ordinary Palestinians citizens who never lost faith and belief in their homeland. Of course, Yaser Arafat must have sought the legal advice of other lawyers but the real legal contributions and advice of Professor Francis Boyle stood head and shoulder above the rest.
name: محمد عابد
يتناول الدكتور بويل الحقوق الفلسطينية وأيضا العقبات المتكررة التي تضعها الولايات المتحدة واسرائيل في سبيل حصول الشعب الفلسطيني على حقوقه لكن أهم ما لاحظناه هو اشارته الى دور بعض الانظمة العربية والذي يتسم بالنفاق وعدم الرغبة الحقيقية في العمل المشترك لصالح القضية الفلسطينية في احسن الاحوال والتخريب المتعمد في احوال اخرى.
name: Rana
Professor boyle gives us a complete perspective on how the announcement of a Palestinian state came into being, he also clearly dissociates between this step and the later developments based upon the Oslo accords and establishment of the Palestinian Authority but the question he does not address is what practical use the declaration of the palestininian state was to the Palestinian people. In other words what is the use of law in an international system that is governed by force?
name: Borhan Riad
I have read with interest Professor Boyle’s analysis of the Israeli Palestinian conflict and his conclusions regarding the rights of the Palestinians. By the end of the book , the author proposes a number of measures to be taken in order to punish Israel for its mistreatment of Palestinians. But from a pragmatic perspective does all this make any sense? How does the professor expect the Palestinians to adopt measures against Israel at a time when western bias to Israel has reached unprecedented proportions?
name: هاني سيدهم
الكتاب في مجملهه يتناول الحق الفلسطيني في إنشاء دولة مستقلة وهو أمر واضح وضوح النهار، لكن ما جدوى هذا الحق والفلسطينيون عاجزون عن تحقيق أبسط حقوقهم الآدمية.
name: أحمد رمضان
الى جانب الاعتبارات القانونية والموضوعية التي استعرضها البروفيسور بويل حول الظلم الكبير الذي وقع على الشعب الفلسطيني استوقفني إقراره بحجم التضليل الذي تمارسه النخبة الأمريكية على شعبها سواء فيما يتعلف بفييتنام أو فلسطين أو مؤخرا العراق، والمأساة التي تتضح من تجربة البروفيسور بويل تتمثل في أن اللانسان الأمريكي حتى يعرف حقيقة سياسة بلده الخارجية يتعين عليه أولا أن يصبح خبيرا في القانون والسياسة، ثم يعاني بعد ذلك أشد أشكال الاضطهاد ان خرج عن الخط العام الموالي لاسرائيل.
name: أحمد الدمناتي
ظل الشعب الفلسطيني الصامد ينتهك في حقوقه الشرعية رغم جميع قرارات المحاكم الدولية الكبرى بدءا من بلجيكا حتى محكمة العدل الدولية بلاهاي.شعب يخجل من عذابه سيزيف لو كان حيا.يستميت في التشبت بترابه و أرضه رغم سياسة الحصار و القتل والتهجير القسري.إنها ضريبة الوفاء للوطن.ماذا فعل القانون الدولي لرد الحق للشعب الفلسطيني منذ 1967 حتى الان.لنأخد مثالا بسيطا و حديثا.هل احترمت اسرائيل قرار القانون الدولي في شأن الجدار العازل رغم نداءات المنتظم الدولي.إنها مسرحية كبرى تخرجها الامبريالية الامريكية لارضاء شارون.وفي هذايصبح دم الجلاد و الضحية متواسيا.و القانون الدولي مساطر و ارشيف لملء الرفوف