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Posts published in May 2009

International Law Foundations of Palestinian Nationality: A Forgotten Basis for the Resolution of the Palestinian Refugee Question

The question of the Palestinian refugees from 1948 onwards is often righteously seen at the crux of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the discussion surrounding this issue is too often politicised to the degree that there is no sight of the actual applicable international legal framework. Professor Mutaz Qafisheh presently a professor of international law at the Al-Quds University, has recently published his doctoral thesis on ‘The International Law Foundations of Palestinian Nationality:  A Legal Examination of Nationality in Palestine under Britain’s Rule’ (Martinus Nijhoff, Hague, 2008). This relatively new publication is worthy of attention due to the novel and ingenious…