Justice for some : law and the question of Palestine /

Erakat traces Israel's dispossession of Palestinian lands and erosion of human rights while it countered efforts by Palestinians and international actors to stop abuses. She meticulously reveals how Israel ignored international law, the laws of war, duties of an occupying power, and efforts brought through the United Nations to censure its actions. She discusses Israel's rationale for targeted assassinations and revision of its laws of military conduct when facing "terrorism." Israel declared war on Gaza while continuing to effectively blockade and control it. The book will interest those concerned with the law and ethics of war, international law, terrorism laws, and observers of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and its treatment by international bodies. The author criticizes the Palestinian leadership's direction since the Oslo Accords. The Palestinian Authority's security arrangements with Israel protect Israeli settlers without defending Palestinians, yet this compliance has not resulted in independence. Meanwhile, many other Israeli policies, from revocation of residency rights to dispossession and blocking family unification, have shrunk and constrained the Palestinian population. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. --Sherifa Zuhur, IMEISS, Berkeley