PALESTINE DISPOSSESSED
How the Law Organized the Dispossession of a People
Palestine Dispossessed examines how law, bureaucracy, property regimes, and state institutions transformed the displacement of Palestinians into a durable system of dispossession. Rather than treating the loss of Palestinian land, homes, assets, and legal status as a mere consequence of war, the book analyzes the legal architecture that made dispossession enforceable, administratively stable, and resistant to restitution.
Drawing on official documents, legal texts, historical records, and detailed case studies, Najib Antoine Jabre traces the construction of “absence,” the role of the Custodian of Absentee Property, the transfer of Palestinian assets, the freezing of bank accounts, and the legal barriers that obstructed return and recovery.
This is a legal-historical study of how force becomes law, how institutions consolidate dispossession, and how the appearance of legality can be used to legitimize permanent loss.
N. A. Jabre 