The legality of a Jewish state : a century of debate over rights in Palestine / John Quigley, Ohio State University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Quigley, John B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab-Israeli conflict--Law and legislation.

Arab-Israeli conflict.

Israel--International status.

Israel.

Palestine--International status.

Palestine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 343 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Summary:

In The Legality of a Jewish State, the author traces the diplomatic history that led to the partition of Palestine in 1948 and the creation of Israel as a state. He argues that the fate of Palestine was not determined on the basis of principle, but by the failure of legality. In focusing on the lawyer-diplomats who pressed for and against a Jewish state at the United Nations, he offers an explanation of the effort in 1947-48 by Arab states at the UN to gain a legal opinion from the International Court of Justice about partition and the declaration of a Jewish state. Their arguments at that time may surprise a twenty-first-century reader, touching on issues that are still at the heart of the contemporary conflict in the Middle East.

Contents:

Why legality?

A land for an absent people

Israel on the agenda

Uncle Joe

Uncle Sam

Comments for a cause

Dilemma for a don

Swords are crossed

Close calls in the Assembly hall

A venue unvisited

Did the League of Nations Covenant violate rights?

Were the wishes of the Palestine population considered?

Did the national home provision violate the League Covenant?

Was Jewish statehood endorsed by the League of Nations?

Did the Palestine Mandate carry the force of law?

Was Palestine a state?

Did the Palestine Mandate survive the League of Nations?

Did the United Nations inherit a power to partition Palestine?

Did the United Nations have a power to partition Palestine?

Was the Future Government resolution binding?

Was partition of Palestine fair?

Was the declaration of a Jewish state valid?

Was Israel the victim of Arab aggression?

Was Israel liable for the flight of the Palestine Arabs?

Was Israel liable for not repatriating the Palestine Arabs?

Did Israel's territorial advances erode reliance on the Future Government resolution?

Was Israel a peace-loving state?

Israel in the United Nations

Israel as a nation state of the Jewish people

Israel and anti-Semitism

Israel in court?

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Dec 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-009-02067-6

1-009-02087-0

1-009-02308-X

OCLC:

1240830356