EAN: 9781503613577

JUSTICE FOR SOME - NOURA ERAKAT KARTONIERT (TB)

Winner of the 2019 Palestine Book Awards  sponsored by the Middle East Monitor (MEMO). Justice
in the Question of Palestine is often framed as a question of law. Yet none of the
Israel-Palestinian conflict's most vexing challenges have been resolved by judicial
intervention. Occupation law has failed to stem Israel's settlement enterprise. Laws of war
have permitted killing and destruction during Israel's military offensives in the Gaza Strip.
The Oslo Accord's two-state solution is now dead letter. Justice for Some offers a new approach
to understanding the Palestinian struggle for freedom  told through the power and control of
international law. Focusing on key junctures--from the Balfour Declaration in 1917 to
present-day wars in Gaza--Noura Erakat shows how the strategic deployment of law has shaped
current conditions. Over the past century  the law has done more to advance Israel's interests
than the Palestinians'. But  Erakat argues  this outcome was never inevitable. Law is politics
and its meaning and application depend on the political intervention of states and people
alike. Within the law  change is possible. International law can serve the cause of freedom
when it is mobilized in support of a political movement. Presenting the promise and risk of
international law  Justice for Some calls for renewed action and attention to the Question of
Palestine.

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