Is Israel following international law? This collection looks at three contentious terms that arise in contemporary arguments about Israel's practices towards Palestinians – occupation, colonialism and apartheid, and how they are manipulated by the Israeli state.These essays present conclusive evidence that Israel’s administration of the Palestinian territories is consistent with colonialism and apartheid. Moreover, these practices are deliberate Israeli state policies, which are imposed on the Palestinian population under military occupation.Beyond Occupation raises serious implications for the legality and legitimacy of Israel's continuing occupation, highlighting the responsibility of the entire international community.
Virginia Tilley is Director of the Governance Programme at the University of the South Pacific, Fiji. She has researched and published on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since the 1980s and is the author of The One-State Solution (2005).
Preface1. Sources Of Law And Key Concepts2. The Legal Context In the Occupied Palestinian Territories3. Review of Israeli Practices Relative to the Prohibition of Colonialism4. Review of Israeli Practices Relative to the Prohibition of Apartheid5. Conclusion — Legal ImplicationsNotesIndex
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