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EXPLANATORY ESSAY :
"International Law Concerning The Discrimination, Oppression and Exploitation
practiced by the State of Israel"
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I. Discrimination in, and Oppression and Exploitation by the State of Israel
- A. Historic & Cultural Background behind Israeli Human Rights Abuses
- 1). Introduction: Basic Problem -- The Creation of a Foreign Minority-Controlled Democracy
- A. Foreign Minority-Controlled Democracy Requires Crimes Against Humanity
- B. Regional Demographics
- C. Criticizing Israel is not Anti-Semitic
- 2) European Zionist Origins of the Conflict
- 3) Zionism -- Stages of Development
- 4) History of the Zionist-Palestine Conflict
- a) Introduction
- b) Zionist Claim to Palestine
- c) The Concept of 'Transfer' in Zionist Thought and Planning
- d) Legal Legitimization
- e) A Chronology of Ethnic Cleansing
- 1. Pre-Statehood 197-1948
- 2. Statehood 1948-present
- 3. Occupation 1967-present
- f) International Peace Efforts
- g) Genocide in Gaza
- 5) Conclusion: There is a Solution
- References
- B. Struggles to Create a Zionist Democracy
- 1) What is Democracy?
- 2) The Internal Political Conflicts Challenging the New Nation
- 3) Pseudo-Constitution & Pseudo Bill of Rights
- 4) A Parliamentary-Centered Government
- 5) Thus Comes a Pseudo Bill of Rights & Judicial Review
- 6) Conflict – Democracy vs. Apartheid
- 7) Conclusion
- C. Israeli Emergency Regulations and Defense Emergency Regulations
- 1) Historic Basis for Israeli Emergency Regulations
- 2) Legislative Basis for Israeli Emergency Regulations
- 3) Emergency Legislation becomes Ordinary Legislation
- 4) Abuse of Emergency Regulations to Facilitate Oppression and Exploitation
- 5) Israeli Emergency Regulations and International Law
- 6) Defense (Emergency) Regulations of 1945: A Special Case
- D. Discrimination within Israel
- 1) Introduction: An Outline of Discriminatory Legislation in Israel
- 2) Land Laws: Confining Arab Citizens to Small Areas of Israel – Ghettoes
- 3) Immigration and Citizenship Laws
- 4) Discrimination in the Awarding of Military Veteran Benefits
- 5) Special Government Positions for Zionist Organizations
- 6) Discrimination in Government Services
- 7) Inhumane Suppression of Rebellion
- 8) Daily Racist Harassment
- 9) Israeli Discrimination and International Law: Is Israel an Apartheid State?
- 10) Conclusions
- E. Oppression & Exploitation by Israel in the Occupied Territories
- 1) Introduction: An Outline of Israeli Structures of Oppression and Exploitation in the Occupied Territories
- 2) Land Regulations: Isolating and Strangling Palestinian Communities
- 3) Dual Legal System: Connecting Israeli Settlements to Israel while Oppressing and Exploiting Palestinian Communities
- 4) Inhumane Suppression of Palestinian Rebellion
- 5) Conclusions: Is the Occupation Apartheid?
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II. International Law and the Policies and Practices of the State of Israel
- A. Introduction to International Law
- 1) History of International Law
- 2) International Human Rights Law
- 3) International Humanitarian Law
- 4) Basic Principles of International Law
- 5) Implementation of the Basic Principles of International Law in the Charter of the United Nations
- B. Israeli Violations of International Law
- 1) Introduction: Zionist Israel – A Racist Society?
- 2) Zionist Project Pre-State Violations of Basic Principles of International Law – Ethnic Cleansing
- 3) Violations of International Law in the Creation of the State of Israel
- a) Acquiring Territory by Force
- b) Ethnic Cleansing
- c) Destruction of Holy Places
- d) Collective Punishment
- e) UN Partition Plan Violations of UN Charter
- 4) Israeli Internal Violations of International Law
- a) Apartheid
- b) Ethnic Cleansing: Violations of Arab Family Unity
- 5) Israeli Violations of International Law in the Occupied Territories
- a) Acquisition of Territory by Force
- b) Ethnic Cleansing
- c) Illegal Population Transfer: Israeli Settlements on Confiscated Palestinian Lands
- d) Modification of Local Laws: Dual Legal System
- e) Collective Punishment
- f) Massive Violation of Human Rights
- g) Genocide
- h) Conclusions: Is the Occupation Illegal? Is the Occupation Apartheid?
- C. Israeli Rationale for their Policies
- 1) Israel as the Victim
- 2) Inapplicability of the Geneva Conventions
- 3) Bias Against Israel Including Anti-Semitism
- D. International Response to Israeli Policies and Practices
- 1) International Humanitarian & Human Rights Organizations
- 2) United Nations
- 3) Palestinian Nationalist Movement
- E. Conclusions
- 1) The Effort to Create a Civil International Community
- 2) The Importance of Zionist Israel
- 3) Prosecution for International Crimes
- 4) Plan for Peace & Recovery
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