Justice for Some

In this book, Noura Erakat explores the strategic deployment of law in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, focusing on key junctures from the Balfour Declaration in 1917 to present-day wars in Gaza.

Erakat argues that international law is not an objective arbiter but a tool that can be used to advance the interests of powerful actors.

She demonstrates how legal interpretations depend on historical context, power dynamics, and the strategies of jurists.

The book critiques the use of a sui generis legal framework that has excluded Palestinians from legal protections and facilitated their dispossession.

Erakat also examines Palestinian legal efforts to pursue international recognition and the limitations of these efforts within the current geopolitical framework.