International Law and the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Robbie Sabel is Professor of International Law at the Faculty of Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Visiting Professor at Tel Aviv University and a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague. He is a former Counsellor for Political Affairs at the Israel Embassy, Washington, and later served as the Legal Adviser to the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament of the Ministry. He has previously published Rules of Procedure at the UN and at Inter-Governmental Conferences (2018), which was awarded the Annual Certificate of Merit of the American Society of International Law.

1. Is international law relevant?; 2. The First World War; 3. The Zionist movement and the 1917 Balfour declaration; 4. Post World War I and the 1922 League of Nations mandate for Palestine, 1920-1947; 5. The 1947 partition plan; 6. Israel's declaration of independence; 7. The 1948 Arab Israeli war; 8. 1949 armistice agreements; 9. The Arab refugee problem; 10. The 1967 six day war; 11. UN security council resolution; 12. Camp David 1978; 13. 1979 Egypt Israel peace treaty; 14. Tuba arbitration; 15. The legality of Israel exploitation of oil from Sinai; 16. The Oslo accords; 17. Israel-Jordan; 18. Post Oslo developments; 19. The status of the 'west bank' (Judea and Samaria) and the Gaza strip; 20. Israel settlements in the west bank; 21. Controversial elements of military administration; 22. Freedom of navigation through international waterways in the region; 23. Israel-Syria; 24. Jerusalem; 25. Controversial laws of war issues; 26. Is Palestine a state?; 27. Water resources-Israel and neighbours; 28. Implications for future negotiations.