
Justice for Some
Law and the Question of Palestine
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Narrated by:
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Christine Rendel
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By:
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Noura Erakat
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 a 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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A Masterpiece
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While the reader is clearly capable of reading the words on the page, if this book had been read by the author, Noura Erakat, it would’ve been far, far better. Noura is a powerful, emotive and concise speaker. In her voice, you can clearly hear and feel her knowledge of and compassion for the Palestinian cause and people. It is utterly bewildering why the publisher chose to use a detached, upper crust British voice instead of the author’s clearly-engaged-with-the-subject voice (did they think it would bring gravitas? It doesn’t). Noura’s not even British and Christine Rendel, the reader, is neither Palestinian nor an Arab speaker. Hopefully, this bizarre decision will be rectified in a future release of this book; the sooner the better.
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