How Have the Israeli and Palestinian Populations Grown, and Why Are the Numbers Disputed?

What Do Other States Owe Over the Occupation? Reading the Codification Text, the Geneva Sentence and the Export Statutes

The duty not to recognize or assist is stated outright in a text never opened for signature. What the treaty sentence and the export statutes actually say.

How Does West Bank Land Become State Land? Reading the 1858 Code Articles, the 1979 Resolution and the Court Record

Article 68 of the Ottoman Land Code says fallow land becomes the right of Tapu, not that it reverts to the state. Reading the articles as enacted.

Does a Claim of Self-Defence Answer a Genocide Charge? Reading the Convention Text, the Rome Statute Grounds and the Charter Article

The 1948 Genocide Convention runs to 19 articles and none states a defence. Where self-defence sits instead, and which question each instrument answers.

Does the Palestinian Authority Support a Two-State Solution? Reading the Dated Statements, the Standing Position and the Measured Polls

Two dated 2026 Palestinian statements set against a survey of 1,270 people that recorded 44% support and 50% opposition on a bare two-state item.

Israel & Anti-Zionism

How Is Israel Similar to Apartheid South Africa? Reading Both Statute Books, the Court Records and the Signed Agreements

South Africa’s own state commission listed 120 apartheid Acts with dates; Israel’s record on the same dimensions is a different set of instruments.

Has Israel Violated the Gaza Ceasefire Agreement? Reading the Resolution, the Mandated Report and Each Party’s Own Count

Does Israel Prevent Palestinians in Gaza From Accessing Humanitarian Aid? Reading the Enacted Standard, the Entry Counts and the Household Enumeration

What Exactly Was the Nakba? Reading the Named Definitions, the 1949 Counts and the Dispute Over Its Name

What Is the International Legal Basis for the Palestinian Right of Return? Reading the Four Named Instruments, the 1948 Vote and the Court Record

Do Israeli Politicians Undermine the Legitimacy of Palestinian Representatives? Reading the Enacted Texts, the Recorded Votes and the Court Record

Are Jews Foreign Occupiers of Israel? Reading the Treaty Definition, the Population Registers and the Founding Instruments

Is Anti-Zionism a Fig Leaf for Antisemitism? Reading the Coded Corpora, the Incident Records and the Survey Measurements

Who Is the Aggressor in the Israel-Palestine Conflict? Reading the Definition, the Deciding Forum and Each Party’s Own Counts

Did Zionism’s Founders Call Themselves Colonizers? Reading the Texts, the Charters and the Named Dispute

Did Zionism Come at the Expense of Arab People? Reading the Displacement Counts, the Founding Text and Israel’s Own Statistics

Why Is the IDF Called the Israeli Occupation Forces? Reading the Founding Order, Israel’s Own Record and the Measured Corpora

Is the IDF the World’s Most Moral Army? Reading the Surveys, the Army’s Own Code and Its Own Investigation Counts

Does Israel’s Nation-State Law Set a Legal Pretext for Mistreating Palestinians? Reading the Enacted Text, the Court Record and Israel’s Own Registers

Narratives & Tropes

How Does AIPAC Influence Lawmakers? Four Registers, Four Statutes, and What Each One Records

AIPAC reported $3,757,105 in lobbying income for 2025, about 0.07% of federal lobbying. Four disclosure regimes, and what each one does and does not record.

Does AIPAC Influence Media Coverage of Israel? What the Filings and the Coverage Counts Record

Campaign-finance filings, congressional travel disclosures, published coverage tallies and survey trends, and what each one actually records.

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