Mennonite Weekly Review · 26 May 1983

CP-1983-018

Tells of Israeli Injustices in West Bank

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HARRISONBURG, VA.—Israeli domination of the West Bank extends to all areas of life and violates international law and human rights, a Palestinian lawyer said recently at Eastern Mennonite College.

Jonathan Kuttab, a member of both the American and Israeli bar associations, spoke May 6 on “Justice and Dignity Through Nonviolent Resistance for the West Bank Palestinians.” With the exception of East Jerusalem, Israel has not annexed the West Bank “and does not want to,” Kuttab said.

Annexing the area would bring too many Palestinians into the nation and would make the population much less Jewish, the graduate of the University of Virginia Law School said. AT THE SAME TIME, Israel does not treat the West Bank as international law says an occupied territory should be governed, Kuttab said.

“International law states that an occupying power should keep the laws as they are,” subject to minor adjustments for security reasons. In theory, the West Bank remains under Jordanian law. But in practice, that law has been replaced by “amendments” made by military order, Kuttab said.

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