The Palestinian Legislative Council: A Critical Assessment

1997 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 90-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ziad Abu-Amr
Keyword(s):  
West Bank ◽  
Critical Assessment ◽  
The West ◽  
Legislative Council ◽  
Executive Authority ◽  
The Future ◽  
West Bank And Gaza

Since its inauguration in March 1996, the Palestinian legislative council has failed to accomplish its two main objectives: to enact substantive legislation and to exercise oversight over the Executive Authority. An elected member of the council, Abu-Amr outlines reasons that he believes have contributed to the legislature's failure and analyzes the implications of this failure for the future of democracy in the West Bank and Gaza.

The Israeli Settlement Project in the West Bank and Gaza (1967–77)

2019 ◽  
pp. 41-84
Author(s):  
Ehud Eiran
Keyword(s):  
West Bank ◽  
Institutional Capacity ◽  
The West ◽  
Territorial Expansion ◽  
Low Level ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Status ◽  
West Bank And Gaza ◽  
Six Day War ◽  
East Jerusalem

The chapter explains the launch of the Israeli settlement project in Gaza and the West-Bank (Including East-Jerusalem) following Israel’s occupation of these regions in the 1967 Six-Day War. The chapter uses the theory advanced in the book and shows that Israel launched the settlement project in order to secure permanent territorial expansion into these areas. Israel believed that the future of these areas will be determined in a negotiation within the framework of UNSCR 242. The settlement project was meant to affect the outcome of these future talks. The chapter identifies the conditions for the launch of the project: US support and a legal ambiguity regarding the status of these areas, American support, and an institutional capacity to carry out such a project. The local population’s low level of affinity with Israel further contributed to the launch of the project.

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