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Were Arabs forced out in 1948?
Archival history puts the 1948 exodus near 700,000, with expulsions in some sectors; a 1949 UN count and a 1950 Israeli law recorded no cause.
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24 results for “UN Conciliation Commission”
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What happened to Palestinian refugees’ property?
Israel voted against resolution 3236 in 1974, 89 to 8. Its entry statutes, the 1950 absentee laws and the land record show what followed.
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Israel and apartheid South Africa, law by law
South Africa’s apartheid statute book, Act by Act, set beside Israel’s enacted texts and court rulings: where the instruments align and where they differ.
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Who was responsible for the 1948 refugees? The debate, explained.
Morris’s roughly 700,000, the UN’s 711,000 and Israel’s 1950s land statutes: how the record divides the argument over the 1948 refugees.
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Is the right of return a deal-breaker for two states?
Oslo II lists refugees as one of seven permanent-status items. The 1974 vote, Israel’s entry laws and two polls show where return sits among them.
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The 1858 Ottoman law still deciding West Bank land
Under the 1858 Ottoman Code, three fallow years created a tapu right, not a seizure. The court record, statutes and counts on how land changed hands.
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When did the Israeli-Palestinian conflict start?
A 1937 British inquiry, the 1917 and 1948 instruments and a 1989 study each date the conflict differently. What the dated record shows.
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Can indigeneity ground a Palestinian land claim?
Israel’s Supreme Court ruled 5 to 0 for Palestinian landowners in 1979 on title. What land codes, statutes and resolutions rest claims on.
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What Does UN General Assembly Resolution 3236 Say About the Palestinian Right of Return? Reading the Text, the 1974 Vote and the Instruments Around It
Resolution 3236 of 1974 calls return an inalienable right. It passed 89 to 8 with 37 abstentions and restates a 1948 paragraph without its compensation clause.
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What Are the Arguments That Zionism Is Racist? Reading the 1975 Resolution, Israel’s Statutes and the Named Scholarship
The case that Zionism is racist rests on a revoked 1975 UN vote, two Israeli statutes and rival scholarship. What each text says.
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Did Israel Support Apartheid South Africa’s Regime? Reading the Export Share, the 1975 Records and the Denial
South Africa took 35% of Israel’s security exports in the late 1970s. What the 1975 records, the 2010 denial and the historians show.
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Does Length of Residence Decide Whether an Expulsion Is Lawful? Reading the Treaty Clauses, the Land Codes and the Compensation File
The instruments governing forced displacement carry no term of years. Where duration is legally operative, it is in property law.
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Did Zionists Want a Jewish State With as Few Palestinian Arabs as Possible? Reading the Transfer Documents, the 1937 Recommendation and the Founding Text
The transfer statements are letters and remarks; the 225,000 figure is British. What the pre-state record holds, document by document.
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How Much Room Is There for Two Populations Between the River and the Sea? Reading Both Statistical Registers, the Refugee Counts and the Fertility Series
The Palestinian bureau recorded 5,853 people per square kilometre in Gaza. What both statistical registers count, and where they disagree.
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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.
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What Would a Palestinian State Require to Function? Reading the Registers, Censuses and Audits
What the registers, censuses, audits and court files record about the machinery a Palestinian state would run on, and where the record holds nothing.
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What Is the International Legal Basis for the Palestinian Right of Return? Reading the Four Named Instruments, the 1948 Vote and the Court Record
Four instruments carry the right-of-return claim. One is a ratified treaty, and the 1948 resolution passed 35 to 15 with 8 abstentions.
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Did Zionism Come at the Expense of Arab People? Reading the Displacement Counts, the Founding Text and Israel’s Own Statistics
A UN commission estimated 710,000 Palestinians driven out in 1948 to 1949. What the counts, the founding text and the court record hold.
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What Is the Connection Between the Right of Return and Israeli Apartheid? Reading the Treaty Clause, the 1948 Resolution and Israel’s Own Statutes
One clause of the 1973 Apartheid Convention names the right to return. What the treaty text, Resolution 194 and Israel’s enacted records hold.
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What Was the Background to the October 7 Attacks? Reading the Official Chronology, the Party’s Own Statement and the Assessments Issued
The official chronology, Hamas’s own stated rationale and the published assessments of what preceded the 7 October 2023 attack.
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Did Arabs Lose Property by Vacating It in 1948? Reading the Enacted Texts, the Claims Filed and the Valuations on Record
The 1950 absentee statute, the property claims the Conciliation Commission sampled in 1951, and the valuations on record, each named and dated.
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Is Israel an Ethnostate Formed Through Apartheid and Ethnic Cleansing? Reading the Statutes, the Counts and the Scholarship
Israel’s own count records 2.13 million Arab citizens and residents. What the statutes, the 1949 refugee record and the scholarship hold.
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What Role Does Settler Violence Play in Taking Palestinian Land? Reading the Official Records and the Mapped Counts
The State Department recorded 1,277 settler-violence incidents in 2023 and 1,442 Palestinians displaced. What each record and mapping actually counts.
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Does Prior Presence Justify Forced Removal? Reading the Conventions, the Archives and the 1947 Vote
Three instruments, two archive-based histories and one recorded vote: what the texts and counts behind the 1948 displacement actually say.