Methodology This Series of Working Papers on forced population transfer is intended to provide a forum for debate, and to stimulate discussion and critical comment. Since Israeli policies comprising forced population transfer are not static, but ever-changing in intensity, form and area of application, this Series will require periodic updates. The ultimate aim of the Series is to unpick the complex web of legislation and policies which comprise Israel’s overall system of forced population transfer. The series is not intended to produce a comprehensive indictment against the state of Israel, but to illustrate how each policy fulfills its goal in the overall objective of forcibly displacing the Palestinian people while implanting Israeli Jewish settlers (colonizers) throughout Palestine. Each paper will be advocacy-focused, and will adopt a rights-based approach to analyzing forced population transfer in Palestine. Although there may be slight variations in the methodology used, all papers will consist of both field and desk research. Field research will consist of case studies drawn from individual and group interviews with Palestinians affected by forced population transfer, or professionals (such as lawyers or employees of organizations) working on the issue. The geographic focus of the Series will include Israel, the occupied Palestinian territory and Palestinian refugees living in forced exile. Where appropriate, we will also use data from previous fieldwork. Most of the data used will be qualitative in nature, although where quantitative data is available – or can be collected – it will be included in the research. Desk research will contextualize policies of forced population transfer by factoring in historical, social, political and legal conditions in order to delineate the violations of the Palestinian people’s human rights. International human rights law and international humanitarian law will be central to our research, and analysis will be supplemented with secondary sources such as scholarly articles and reports. 32