Summary
The body formed by a delegation of Palestinian nationalists from Bethlehem and Beit Jala which, in June 1927, petitioned the Government of Palestine in Jerusalem for Palestinian migrants’ rights to Palestinian nationality under article 34 of the Treaty of Lausanne, in Bawalsa’s account (The Case for Palestinian Nationality, line 229).
Details
- Its petition situated Palestinian migrants’ rights within article 34: “The logical conclusion to be deduced from the stipulations of the article is that the emigrants of this land who belong to the majority, enjoy the right to Palestinian nationality.” (line 231)
- Bawalsa presents the petition as part of the precedent of demanding justice based on international legal treaties, disregarded by the mandate regime with impunity (line 233).
- Whether this committee is the same body Banko names the Committee for the Defence of Arab Emigrant Rights to Palestinian Citizenship (DAER), formed in Bethlehem in 1927, is not stated in either source as presented in the wiki and is held open on the source page under Open questions, not merged.
Related pages
The Case for Palestinian Nationality, Committee for the Defence of Arab Emigrant Rights to Palestinian Citizenship, Palestinian nationality, Treaty of Lausanne