Repatriating Palestinian Patrimony: An Overview of Palestinian Preparations for Negotiations on Archaeology

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  • Gabriel Fahel Palestine Liberation Organization

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5334/pp.19

Keywords:

politics, negotiations, Israel, Palestine, WAC, Ramallah

Abstract

This paper aims to shed some light on an often guarded and confidential subject matter: archaeology as it relates to permanent status negotiations between Israel and Palestine. During the Oslo negotiations, much of the discussion focused on political parameters while little discussion and preparation was done at the technical level. Since Oslo, the Palestinian side has formed a technical unit known as the Negotiations Support Unit (NSU) to assist the Palestinian leadership. There are several files that are continuously being prepared and advanced for the negotiations, one of which is the Archaeology file.

تهدف هذه المقالة  إلى إلقاء بعض الضوء على مواضيع رسمية تتصف بالسرية في كثير من الأحيان, وعلم الآثار من حيث صلته بالمفاوضات الدئمة  بين اسرائيل وفلسطين. خلال مفاوضات أوسلو ، فإن الكثير من النقاشات ركزت على  الثوابت السياسية في حين كان النقاش والتحضير على الصعيد التقني قليل جداً.
منذ أوسلو, شكل الجانب الفلسطيني وحدة تقنية تعرف باسم (وحدة دعم المفاوضات ) لمساعدة القيادات الفلسطينية , وهناك العديد من الملفات التي يتم اعدادها بشكل مستمر لتقديمها للمفاوضات ,ومن بينها ملف الاثار

Author Biography

Gabriel Fahel, Palestine Liberation Organization

Gabriel Fahel is a legal advisor with the Negotiations Support Unit of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Over the last four years he has provided advice on permanent status negotiations with Israel, including negotiations covering archaeology and cultural property.

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Published

2010-08-15

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2010)

Section

Research Papers

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