Justice for Some This page intentionally left blank J U S T I C E F O R S O M E Law and the Question of Palestine Noura Erakat S ta n f o r d U n i v e r s i t y P r e s s Stanford, California Stan f or d U n iv ers it y Pr e s s Stanford, California 2019 by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University All rights reserved © No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system without the prior written permission of Stanford University Press Printed in the United States of America on acid-free, archival-quality paper Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Erakat, Noura, author Title: Justice for some : law and the question of Palestine / Noura Erakat Description: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2019 | Includes bibliographical references and index Identifiers: LCCN 2018054406 (print) | LCCN 2018055966 (ebook) | ISBN 9781503608832 (electronic) | ISBN 9780804798259 (cloth : alk paper) Subjects: LCSH: Palestine—International status—History | Palestinian Arabs— Legal status, laws, etc.—History | Israel-Arab War, 1967— Occupied territories | Arab-Israeli conflict—History Classification: LCC KZ4282 (ebook) | LCC KZ4282 E73 2019 (print) | DDC 956.04—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018054406 Designed by Kevin Barrett Kane Typeset at Stanford University Press in 10/15 Adobe Caslon Cover design by Kevin Barrett Kane Cover Art: The Balfour Declaration, 1917 For my parents, Nahla, Saleh, and Asmahan This page intentionally left blank C O NT E N T S Maps Preface Introduction ix xi Colonial Erasures 23 Pragmatic Revolutionaries 95 Permanent Occupation 61 The Oslo Peace Process135 From Occupation to Warfare Conclusion 175 211 Acknowledgments 243 Index 313 Notes 247 This page intentionally left blank MAPS League of Nations Mandate System, 192236 Plan of Partition, 194747 Armistice Lines, 194953 Occupied Territories, June 196766 Allon Plan, 196789 Oslo Accord–West Bank Areas A, B, and C, 2000169 Access Restrictions, 2017212 ... Data Names: Erakat, Noura, author Title: Justice for some : law and the question of Palestine / Noura Erakat Description: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2019 | Includes bibliographical.. .Justice for Some This page intentionally left blank J U S T I C E F O R S O M E Law and the Question of Palestine Noura Erakat S ta n f o r d U n i v e r s i t y P r e s s Stanford, California... e s s Stanford, California 2019 by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University All rights reserved © No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by