In this session we will look at human rights conditions in Israel and the occupied territories, with a particular focus on Occupation — what it is, how it affects the lives of Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem, what it means for Israel’s own citizens and the health of Israel’s democracy.
Featured Speaker
Noura Erakat is a human rights attorney and Professor in the Department of Africana Studies and the Program in Criminal Justice at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. Her research focuses on human rights law, humanitarian law, refugee law, and critical race theory, with a particular focus on Palestine. She is the author of Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine (Stanford University Press, 2019), a co-founding editor of Jadaliyya, and an editorial committee member for the Journal of Palestine Studies. She holds a JD from UC Berkeley and an LLM in National Security from Georgetown University Law Center.
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