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Name: Francis Boyle, Ph.D.
Title: Professor of International Law
University of Illinois College of Law

Position: Pro 1947 U.N. Borders, Pro Right of Return, Pro Sanction of & Divestment from Israel to the question "What are the solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?"
Reasoning:

"First: We must immediately move for the de facto suspension of Israel throughout the entirely of the United Nations system... Second: Any further negotiation with Israel must be conducted on the basis of Resolution 181 (II) [1947 Partition Plan] and the borders it specifies; Resolution 194 (III) [Right of Return]... Third: We must abandon the fiction and the fraud that the United States government is an 'honest broker' in the Middle East... Fourth: We must move to have the U.N. General Assembly adopt comprehensive economic, diplomatic, and travel sanctions against Israel... Fifth: The Provisional Government of the State of Palestine must sue Israel before the Internatioanl Court of Justice in the Hague for inflicting acts of genocide against the Palestinian People... Sixth: We must pressure the Member States of the U.N. General Assembly to found an Internatioanl Criminal Tribunal for Palestine (ICTP) in order to prosecute Israeli war criminals... Seventh: Concerned citizens and governments all over the world must organize a comprehensive campaign of economic disinvestment and divestment from Israel..."

"The Big Lie"
Counterpunch
March 31, 2002
Credibility
Ranking:		  Experts
Members of Congress, Ambassadors, Counsul Generals, heads of government, members of legislative bodies, and Ph.D.'s with significant involvement in, or related to, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

Involvement:
  • Served as Legal Advisor to the Palestinian Delegation to the Middle East Peace Negotiations, 1991-1992

Education: Ph.D., Harvard University, Political Science
A.M., Harvard University, Political Science
J.D., Harvard University
B.A., University of Chicago

Affiliations/
Honors:
  • Served on the Board of Directors of Amnesty International
  • Consultant to the American Friends Services Committee
  • Selected for inclusion in the 2005 Edition of Marquis' Who's Who in America

Contact Info: University of Illinois College of Law
Phone: (217) 333-0930 Fax: (217) 244-1478
E-Mail:   fboyle@law.uiuc.edu
Web Site: http://www.law.uiuc.edu/faculty/DirectoryResult.asp?Name=Boyle,%20Francis

Other: Select Publications:
  • Destroying World Order: U.S. Imperialism in the Middle East Before and After September 11th, 2004
  • Palestine, Palestinians & International Law, 2003
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