CENDEP has greatly
benefitted from Oxford Brookes Gaza scholarship where a student from Gaza does
a masters with us. CENDEP has close links with Gaza through research,
undergraduate and postgraduate studies. As the annual Gaza lecture
falls on a Thursday this year, we have included the lecture in our Work in
Progress seminar series.
In the lecture, Ben White
will question the role – and rule – of international law in Gaza.He will
explain that “since the 2005 withdrawal of settlers, Israel has claimed that
the Gaza Strip is no longer under occupation – a claim rejected by the United
Nations and other bodies. Over the last 14 years, Israeli authorities have repeatedly
promoted ‘innovations’ in international law to justify a variety of political
and military policies, including blockades and bombings.”
He asks: for Palestinians in
Gaza, does the international law offer protection from occupation and assault – or
has it become another tool of oppression?
Ben White is a writer and
analyst, specialising in Palestine / Israel. He has written for Al
Jazeera, The Guardian, The
Independent and
others - and has published four books, the latest of which is Cracks
in the Wall: Beyond Apartheid in Palestine/Israel. He has appeared
on TV and radio, and spoken at the Houses of Parliament, Amnesty UK, and
universities in the UK, Canada and the USA.
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