BADIL

Arab Media Watch, the Council for Arab-British Understanding and Pluto Books cordially invite you to the launch of the new book by Victor Kattan, entitled

"From Coexistence to Conquest: International Law and the Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1891-1949."
 

Speakers

Victor Kattan
Dr Brian Klug
Professor Mashood Baderin
Chair: Michel Abdel-Massih QC

This event is free, but guest-listing is compulsory for admittance. Please RSVP to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 07956 455 528.
The book will be on sale at the event at a special 33% discount price of £20.

About the book
The Palestine-Israel conflict often raises questions about international law, related to both Israel's legitimacy and violent Palestinian resistance to occupation. This book is the first of its kind to study the international legal methods used to create Israel, shedding light on the conflict as it exists today.

Kattan shows that international law was both flouted and manipulated in order to create a Jewish homeland in 1948, and that this disregard for international legality caused much of the dispute and violence that exists
today. The period of the British Mandate is analysed very closely, revealing the lobbying tactics that were dressed up as legal imperative and used to deny Palestinians rights to land and self-determination.

This revealing and painstakingly researched book is a must for students of international law and anyone interested in the origins of the long-running Arab-Israeli conflict.

A Review of this book will appear in the Autumn 2009 issue of al-Majdal, Badil's English Language Quarterly