Law profs: No legal basis for a 'right of return'
Two Israeli law professors have determined that there is no legal basis for a 'Palestinian right of return.' They urge Prime Minister Netanyahu not to make any concessions on the issue. "International law does not recognize the right of the Palestinian refugees and their descendents to return to their homes," according to a first-of-its-kind position paper recently submitted to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other senior officials.Read it all.
"Any recognition of this right may tie Israel's hands and lead to mass lawsuits that will effectively mean the end of the Jewish state," prominent jurists Prof. Ruth Gavison and Prof. Yaffa Zilbershatz wrote in the document.
"Israel must continue to vehemently oppose the broad implementation of the Palestinian refugees' return to its territory and must not be tempted to recognize the right of return even as a symbolic gesture," they claim.
According to the jurists, the return of Palestinian refugees will "undermine the Jews' ability to realize their right to self-determination in a Jewish and democratic country, and therefore Israel's legal opposition regarding this issue is justified. (Recognizing the right of return) may perpetuate the (Israeli-Arab) conflict."
Asked whether the recognition of the right of return may advance a peace agreement that would be acceptable to the Palestinians, Zilbershatz says, "The fact that the Palestinians are talking about the right of return places the idea above any negotiation – because you can't argue with rights.
"We also do not believe in the statement, 'You recognize the right and we'll make sure it is not implemented'. Even the most western, modern philosophy adheres to the notion that economic interests are not the only ones that drive people. You can offer someone a huge financial reward and he or she will still want to return home," she says.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 10:39 PM
3 Comments:
3 great articles regarding Palestinians
http://www.mideasttruth.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8877
http://www.mideasttruth.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8878
http://www.mideasttruth.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8894
Israel cannot agree to a "right of return." This should be solved by the Palestinians themselves. But they will never agree to it so its academic to talk of peace with them in our lifetime.
norman,
they want a right to return to israel proper....millions of arabs, most having no connection at all with israel, the west bank or gaza want to reside in a country that is not theirs.
there is no right of return, because it never was their homeland
just as if i get evicted from my apt, i wont have a right to go and demand a right to return.
no pakistani or indian today demand compensation or a right to return to their original lands
jews from arab lands have never been offered compensation or a right to return
population exchange is what it was
where israel goofed is that they didnt complete the exchange
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