(Source: Routledge)
Routledge is publishing a new
book on law and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
ABOUT THE BOOK
During the British Mandate for
Palestine (1922–1948), Arabs and Jews repeatedly used the law to gain leverage
and influence international opinion, especially in three dramatic and largely
forgotten trials involving two issues: the interplay between conflicting
British promises to the Arabs and Jews during World War I, and the parties’
rights and claims to the Wailing Wall.
Focusing on how all three parties
– Arab, Jewish, and British – used the law and the legal process to advance their
objectives during the Mandate years, this volume reveals how the parties
availed themselves – with varying degrees of success – of the law and the legal
process. The book examines various legal arguments they proffered, and how that
early tendency to resort to the law as a tool, a resource, and a weapon in the
conflict has continued to this day. The research relies almost entirely on
primary source documents, including transcripts of the public and secret
testimony before the Shaw, Lofgren, and Peel Commissions, diaries, letters,
government files, and other original sources.
This study explores the origins
of many of the fundamental legal arguments in the Arab–Israeli conflict that
prevail to this day. Filling a gap in research, this is a key text for scholars
and students interested in the Arab–Israeli conflict, Lawfare, and the Middle
East.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Steven E. Zipperstein, a
former U.S. federal prosecutor, is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Middle
East Development at UCLA. He also teaches in UCLA’s Global Studies program and
School of Public Affairs, and as a Visiting Professor at Tel Aviv University
Law School.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
1. McMahon-Hussein, Balfour, and the Legality of the Jewish National
Home 2. The Wailing Wall – Conflicting Legal Claims
3. The Shaw Commission 4. The Lofgren Commission
5. The Peel Commission 6. The Early Legal Battles and Their
Relevance Today Conclusion
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