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On Demilitarizing A Palestinian "Entity" And The Golan Heights: An International Law Perspective, Louis R. Beres, Zalman Shoval
On Demilitarizing A Palestinian "Entity" And The Golan Heights: An International Law Perspective, Louis R. Beres, Zalman Shoval
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
With the signing of the Oslo II Accord at the White House on September 28, 1995, Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization codified the expansion of Palestinian self-rule in Judea and Samaria. Authors of this Accord argue that the security risks to Israel from the nascent Palestinian state could be reduced through appropriate forms of demilitarization. Similar arguments are being offered in relation to the Golan Heights, a strategic plateau currently in dispute between Israel and Syria. In this very timely and important Article, Professor Beres and Ambassador Shoval examine demilitarization in both contexts. They conclude, jurisprudential assurances notwithstanding, that …