Word: palestinians
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Citing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat as aperpetrator who has not been pursued, Dershowitzasked, " What's the standard...
...subject of human rights, Rehman likewise applies selective judgement. In this effort to apply "fundamental questions of justice," Rehman makes no mention of widespread human rights abuses perpetrated by the Palestinian Authority. Rehman correctly points out that human rights remain an international concern; it is for this reason that his highly selective condemnation is especially troubling, as it skews this terrible and complex conflict by portraying the issues in black and white, in terms of perpetrator and victim...
Israel's commitment to maintaining control of Jerusalem and its entrenched settlements therein are violations of the international community, and not merely against the Palestinian people. Whatever Israel's justification for its actions, it must nonetheless recognize that it has expanded in violation of numerous United Nations resolutions...
Israeli policy has likewise come under criticism from human rights organizations for the treatment of Palestinians under its control. Arabs living in the Israeli state are subjected to harassment and are not truly regarded as equal citizens. Those living under the Palestinian Authority have repeatedly been barred from going to their jobs in Israel, and have suffered from the loss of income. The U.N. Commission on Human Rights censured Israel in 1974 for its policies in the lands it had taken since its independence. Human rights concerns thus similarly show "the Palestinians' problem" to be an issue of international concern...
...observe the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from the outside must move beyond the framework of competing nationalisms. A consideration of Palestine on the basis of international law, United Nations resolutions and universal human rights reveals that the question is not one merely of legitimate warfare and national interest. Viewing Palestine outside the prism of nationalism unveils deep normative concerns and fundamental questions of justice...