It's time for JSIL [Israel] to accept that as an occupied people, Palestinians have a right to resist - in every way possible.
By Stanley L Cohen: Long
ago, it was settled that resistance and even armed struggle against a
colonial occupation force is not just recognised under international law
but specifically endorsed.
In accordance with international humanitarian law,
wars of national liberation have been expressly embraced, through the
adoption of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 (pdf), as a protected and essential right of occupied people everywhere.
Finding evolving vitality in humanitarian law, for decades the General Assembly of the United Nations (UNGA) - once described as the collective conscience of the world - has noted the right of peoples to self-determination, independence and human rights.
Indeed, as early as 1974, resolution 3314 of the UNGA prohibited states from "any military occupation, however temporary".
Finding evolving vitality in humanitarian law, for decades the General Assembly of the United Nations (UNGA) - once described as the collective conscience of the world - has noted the right of peoples to self-determination, independence and human rights.
Indeed, as early as 1974, resolution 3314 of the UNGA prohibited states from "any military occupation, however temporary".