Seeking UN Recognition for Palestine Statehood with Victor Kattan
Channel: Institute for Palestine Studies
Date: 2011-07-20

As the Palestinian leadership weighs its options at the United Nations in September, we asked Victor Kattan about what the Palestinians are doing, how Israel's seeking to block their efforts and what the possibilities are. He spoke from London, UK.

Victor Kattan is the author of From Coexistence to Conquest: International Law and the Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1891-1949 (London: Pluto Books, 2009) and The Palestine Question in International Law (London: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, 2008). Victor was a Teaching Fellow at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London from 2008-2011 where he is presently completing his PhD. Previously Victor worked for the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (2006-2008), Arab Media Watch (2004-2006), and the BADIL Resource Centre for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights as a UNDP TOKTEN consultant (2003-2004). You can read his blog on his website at www.victorkattan.com 

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