152026440 THE PALESTINIAN QUESTION AND INTERNATIONAL LAW ( 3 Crd.Hrs )

This course aims to show the position of contemporary international law regarding the Palestinian issue since the establishment of the United Nations in 1945 until the present day. This includes the most important international resolutions such as Resolution 181, 194 and other related decisions, in addition to the extensive legal treatment of the establishment of Israel and the resulting Palestinian Nakba and the emergence of the Palestinian refugee issue, leading to the attempts today to eliminate UNRWA and end Palestinian asylum. The course also deals with the June 1967 war and its consequences, as well as the legal status of the entire city of Jerusalem from the international law’s perspective. The course deals extensively with the legal status of the occupied territories, and then deals with the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and the legal status of the Palestine Liberation Organization as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people. In addition, the course sheds light on the international law’s position regarding the Oslo Accords and the consequence that resulted from the emergence of the Palestinian National Authority to the recognition of Palestine as a non-member state in the United Nations Organization, with all the political and legal implications that this entails on the various international and regional levels.