Editor's Notes ^* This Law was promulgated by Syria on January lst, 1985. It regulates the labour force and civil service in the public sector. Following a long - established policy of Syria, this Law has accorded Palestinians living in Syria equal status with Syrian nationals. For the full text of the Law in Arabic, see Tishrin (daily) January 3rd, 1985, pp. 3 - 9, 11 ^** This Law was issued on July 10, 1956 and provides in its Article (1) that Palestinians residing in Syria shall be treated as Syrians with respect to the right of appointment, work, trade, and military service provided that they maintain their original citizenship.

^* Editor's Note This Law, in comparison with previous Iraqi legislation, represents an important development with regard to the improvement of the legal status and conditions of Palestinian refugees living in Iraq. For the text of the Law, see the Official Gazette (Iraq) No. 2813, January 19, 1981, at 74.

^* Editor's Note Under Law No. I S of 1963, ownership by "foreigners" of agricultural land in Egypt was prohibited. As in alllaws and regulations issued underPresident Nasser's adminis- tration, Palestinians residing in Egypt were entitled to own agricultural land. Under President Sadat's regime and thereafter, rights acquired by Palestinians living in Egypt were gradually but continually eroded and encroached upon. The 1985 Law represents another example of Egypt's curtailment of rights granted to Palestinians living in Egypt since 1948. For the text of the 1985 Law, see, the Official Gazette (Egypt) No. 27, Supp. July 4, 1985, at 17. For the Text of 1963 Law, see, the Official Gazette (Egypt) No. 16, January 19, 1963, at 105. ^** Editor's Note Pursuant to Legislative Order No. 5 of January 1, 1979, the Chairman of the PLO Executive Committee issued three sets of laws: The Revolutionary Criminal Proce- dures Code, the Revolutionary Penal Code and the Law of Revolutionary Rehabilita- tion Centres. Chapter Two of the Penal Code lists five groups of crimes: treason, espionage, ill-treatment of wounded persons (including enemy personnel), crimes in violation of internationallaw and crimes affecting the integrity and reputation of the Palestine Revolution. Texts of these laws are in Arabic and they are on file with the Editor.

^* Passed by the Knesset on 14th December, 1981 and the official English translation has appeared in 36 LSI, at 7. Hebrew dates have been deleted. ^** The Schedule was published in ILM, Jan. 1982 at 163.

^* Editor's Notes This amendment refutes Israel's propaganda claims that its occupation of Arabs territories is liberal. It is an excessively totalitarian enactment. The new amendment imposes stiffer penalties than those found in the existing orders. It does not provide for punishment that ranges, for examples, "up to 10 or 20 years;" rather, it automatically imposes the maximum punishment. Furthermore, the military prosecutor does not have to prove the result of rock throwing; he can simply argue that the action was merely "intended" to cause damage. The official text of this amendment (in Arabic and Hebrew) is published in 66 Proclamations, Orders and Appointments of the Israeli Defence Forces in the West Bank Area (hereinafter "POA-WB' ), September 17, 1984, at 51. As regards the Gaza Strip, a substantially identical Amendment No. 51 was issued by virtue of Order No. 851 on March 20, 1984. ^** 21 POA-WB, April 22, 1970, at 733 ^*** The original text provides for 10 years; however, this is apparently a typographical error. The Amendment applied to the Gaza Strip provides for 20 years, and lawyers practising in the West Bank confirm that the 20 years punishment applies to both areas. t All Hebrew dates have been omitted, and terms like "Judea and Samaria" have been replaced by "West Bank".

Editor's Notes: ^* All Hebrew dates have been omitted, and terms like "Judaea and Samaria" have been replaced by "West Bank" ^** The 1966Law was repealed by Jordanian Law No. 15 of 1970, published in the Official Gazette (Jordan) No. 2258, September 10, 1970, at 1216, which in turn was repealed by Law No. 11 of 1972, published in the Official Gazette (Jordan) No. 2357, May 6, 1972, at 666. However, the 1966 Law remains valid in the occupied West Bank since Israel, as an occupying power, does not give effect to any laws passed by the Jordanian Government that may affect the laws in force in the West Bank. Such laws are being continuously amended or repealed by virtue of Military Orders issued by the Israeli occupying authorities. ^*** In the original Arabic text, the Order cited Article (78) of the Law which is not related to the subject matter. The correct provision is Article (87). Article 87 of the Law defines eight functions and authorities of the Council. Paragraph 3 deals with the management of the Bar Association, its funds and collection of dues; paragraph 4, with drafting all regulations to be submitted to the General Meeting of the Association for approval; and paragraph 5 concerns convening the General Meeting and the execution of its resolutions.

1. Shehadeh & Kuttab, The West Bank and the Rule of Law, at 45-50 ( 1980). 2. Official Gazette (Jordan) No. 1905, Mar. 5, 1966, at 315. 3. See Bourkan CasePiskei Din, vol. 37, part 2, at 800-808 (1978) in which the Supreme Court maintained inter alia that any approach to the media after filing a case with the court could be viewed as a contempt of court.

4. The last phrase is particularly ironic in that it implies that an attorney's work may be involved in proceedings during interrogation and arrest which precede bringing the defendant before a judicial system. This implication is ironic since lawyers working with the military courts complain that they are routinely denied access to their clients during the stage of interrogation and arrest and are only permitted to meet the client after the process of interrogation has been terminated, usually with a signed confession by the client which renders most of their continuing work beyond that point superfluous.