The Rights of Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People in International Diplomacy

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About the Authors • Prof. Ruth Gavison, Professor (emerita) of Human Rights at the Faculty of Law of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and recipient of the Israel Prize in Law • Sir Martin Gilbert, world-renowned British historian and author, Winston Churchill’s official biographer • Prof. Shlomo Avineri, Professor of Political Science at the Hebrew University and former Director-General of the Israel Foreign Ministry, Israel Prize recipient • Dr. Stanley A. Urman, Executive Director of Justice for Jews from Arab Countries (JJAC) • Amb. Alan Baker, former legal counsel of Israel's Foreign Ministry and former ambassador to Canada • Prof. Nicholas Rostow, senior director of the U.S. National Defense University’s Center for Strategic Research • Prof. Ruth Lapidoth, former legal adviser to Israel's Foreign Ministry and member of Israel's negotiating team, Israel Prize recipient • Amb. Dore Gold, former ambassador to the United Nations and President of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs • Dan Diker, Secretary-General of the World Jewish Congress and Adjunct Fellow of the Hudson Institute in Washington • Col. (ret.) Pnina Sharvit-Baruch, former head of the IDF International Law Department who served as legal adviser to Israeli negotiating teams in 1993-2009 •Prof. Alan M. Dershowitz, Professor of Law at Harvard Law School A concerted campaign is being waged against Israel to question its very legitimacy in virtually every aspect of its historical, political, and cultural life, with the aim of undermining the very foundations of Israel's existence. In response, several world-renowned experts have joined to present an authoritative exposition of Israel’s Rights as a Nation-State in International Diplomacy, edited by Alan Baker, former legal counsel of Israel's Foreign Ministry and former ambassador to Canada, and published jointly by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and the World Jewish Congress. This book explains clearly why the Jewish people deserve a state of their own and refutes all the major claims against Israel’s rights. Download the Full Study (pdf, 12.6Mb, 238 pp.)  Contents Overview Amb. Alan Baker  The National Rights of Jews Prof. Ruth Gavison  “An Overwhelmingly Jewish State” - From the Balfour Declaration to the Palestine Mandate  Sir Martin Gilbert  Self-Determination and Israel’s Declaration of Independence Prof. Shlomo Avineri  The United Nations and Middle East Refugees: The Differential Treatment of Arabs and Jews  Dr. Stanley A. Urman  Israel’s Rights Regarding Territories and the Settlements in the Eyes of the International Community  Amb. Alan Baker  The Historical and Legal Contexts of Israel’s Borders Prof. Nicholas Rostow  The Misleading Interpretation of Security Council Resolution 242 (1967) Prof. Ruth Lapidoth  Defending Israel’s Legal Rights to Jerusalem Amb. Dore Gold  Palestinian Unilateralism and Israel’s Rights in Arab-Israeli Diplomacy Dan Diker  Is the Gaza Strip Occupied by Israel? Col. (ret.) Pnina Sharvit-Baruch  The Violation of Israel’s Right to Sovereign Equality in the United Nations Amb. Alan Baker  Countering Challenges to Israel’s Legitimacy Prof. Alan M. Dershowitz  Appendices

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