The statehood of Palestine : international law in the Middle East conflict / John Quigley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Quigley, John B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Palestinian Arabs--Legal status, laws, etc.

Palestinian Arabs.

Palestine--International status.

Palestine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 326 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Palestine as a territorial entity has experienced a curious history. Until World War I, Palestine was part of the sprawling Ottoman Empire. After the war, Palestine came under the administration of Great Britain by an arrangement with the League of Nations. In 1948 Israel established itself in part of Palestine's territory, and Egypt and Jordan assumed administration of the remainder. By 1967 Israel took control of the sectors administered by Egypt and Jordan and by 1988 Palestine reasserted itself as a state. Recent years saw the international community acknowledging Palestinian statehood as it promotes the goal of two independent states, Israel and Palestine, co-existing peacefully. This book draws on evidence from the 1924 League of Nations mandate to suggest that Palestine was constituted as a state at that time. Palestine remained a state after 1948, even as its territory underwent permutation, and this book provides a detailed account of how Palestine has been recognized until the present day.

Contents:

Why Palestine and statehood

A land in flux

A league of nations

A state detached

The Class A mandates

Palestine in operation

A state awaiting independence

A post-mandate state

The state comes apart

Palestine in three pieces

An organization for Palestine

A government for Palestine

The world reacts

Palestine in the peace process

Palestine in the new century

Palestine meets Montevideo

Statehood under the gun

Recognition and statehood

When is a state?

Implications of Palestine statehood.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-03594-0

1-107-20920-X

1-283-05455-8

9786613054555

0-511-77976-3

1-139-04140-1

1-139-04217-3

1-139-04480-X

1-139-03826-5

1-139-04063-4

OCLC:

710974882