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Richard A. Falk, applies this to the case of Palestinians, arguing that the Palestinian right to armed resistance stems from Israel's denial of Palestinian right of self-determination. [18] Thus, not only does it make Palestinian armed resistance legitimate, but it also legitimizes material support they may receive from third-party governments ...
As evidence, such writers point to the failure of the Oslo Accords to bring about Palestinian self-determination, believing that armed resistance is the only option. [8] Some scholars argue Palestinians also have the right to self-defense, [ 9 ] but others point out that not everyone recognizes the State of Palestine and insist that only the ...
Political theorist Christopher Finlay wrote a book based on just war theory articulating when he believes armed resistance is justified. [18] A specific example is the Palestinian right to resist the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories , which is denied by Israel.
Israel has occupied the Palestinian territories (the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) since 1967.After decades of conflict, the Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority was created in 1994 following the agreements of the Oslo Accords between the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Israel.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. The region today: Israel, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights The history of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict traces back to the late 19th century when Zionists sought to establish a homeland for the Jewish people in Ottoman-controlled Palestine, a region roughly corresponding to ...
The other prominent Palestinian militant organizations– the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the Popular Resistance Committees, and the Palestinian Mujahideen Movement– do not formally have any branches in the West Bank, but have still carried out some attacks in the region ...
Violence against the Jews in Palestine followed the Balfour Declaration in November 1917 which stimulated Jewish migrants to settle in Palestine. At this time the Arabs were both geographically and demographically dominant compared to the Jewish population, where the majority of Arabs were distributed throughout the highlands of Judea, Samaria and Galilee and the Jewish population was ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine Part of the intercommunal conflict in Mandatory Palestine and the decolonisation of Asia Palestine Railway K class 2-8-4T steam locomotive and freight train derailed from the Jaffa and Jerusalem line after being sabotaged by Jewish insurgents in 1946 Date 1 ...