Understanding Israeli Practices of Force Displacement

Abstract

This Issue of the Journal of Internal Displacement (JID) examines the plight of Palestinian refugees and displaced communities as a marginalized-protracted refugee community through the lens of international and regional laws and policies. In order to investigate whether these legal frameworks are in symphony with the existing development agencies the volume aims to analyze the efficacy of local and international law on the overall status of displaced persons. The on-going research around forced displacement across the Palestinian territories employs both data collected in the field and existing interpretive theoretical methods, borrowing from several disciplines - health, law, human rights, development and social entrepreneurship disciplines. Researching the broader framework of displacement and dispossession of Palestinians through a legal angle; requires a law-in-context approach, which assesses the relationship between the international legal instruments in relation to regional/local laws and policies. It also requires a close dissection of the various laws, treaties, peace agreements and policies of host countries, as well as a critical read of international and regional institutions along with the respective development/humanitarian agents and their responsibilities towards the protection of refugee rights and the rights of internally displaced persons.