The ABC of the OPT: A Legal Lexicon of the Israeli Control over the Occupied Palestinian Territory
@inproceedings{BenNaftali2018TheAO, title={The ABC of the OPT: A Legal Lexicon of the Israeli Control over the Occupied Palestinian Territory}, author={Orna Ben-Naftali and Michael Sfard and Hedi Viterbo}, year={2018} }
Israel's half-a-century long rule over the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and some of its surrounding legal issues, have been the subject of extensive academic literature. Yet, to date, there has been no comprehensive, theoretically-informed, and empirically-based academic study of the role of various legal mechanisms, norms, and concepts in shaping, legitimizing, and responding to the Israeli control regime. This book seeks to fill this gap, while shedding new light on the subject. Through the…
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