Abstract:

Stateless de jure is a person who is not considered by any state to be its national under the operation of its law. Stateless de facto person who is without being deprived of  nationality does not enjoy the protection and the assistance of the state.  In Israel the Palestinians citizens of the State of Israel  their existence is denied by the state of Israel. This article will focus on the interpretation of minorities in International Law and will give briefly an overview of theoretical questions. The objective of a such investigation is to understand whether the Palestinian minority in Israel has the features of a national or that of an ethnic minority. The bulk of this article will deal with the legal status of the Palestinians in Israel in order to demonstrate that the Palestinians in Israel are stateless persons.

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