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A History of False Hope

- Investigative Commissions in Palestine
Af: Lori Allen Engelsk Paperback

A History of False Hope

- Investigative Commissions in Palestine
Af: Lori Allen Engelsk Paperback
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This book offers a provocative retelling of Palestinian political history through an examination of the international commissions that have investigated political violence and human rights violations. More than twenty commissions have been convened over the last century, yet no significant change has resulted from these inquiries. The findings of the very first, the 1919 King-Crane Commission, were suppressed. The Mitchell Committee, convened in the heat of the Second Intifada, urged Palestinians to listen more sympathetically to the feelings of their occupiers. And factfinders returning from a shell-shocked Gaza Strip in 2008 registered their horror at the scale of the destruction, but Gazans have continued to live under a crippling blockade.

Drawing on debates in the press, previously unexamined UN reports, historical archives, and ethnographic research, Lori Allen explores six key investigative commissions over the last century. She highlights how Palestinians'' persistent demands for independence have been routinely translated into the numb language of reports and resolutions. These commissions, Allen argues, operating as technologies of liberal global governance, yield no justice—only the oppressive status quo. A History of False Hope issues a biting critique of the captivating allure and cold impotence of international law.

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This book offers a provocative retelling of Palestinian political history through an examination of the international commissions that have investigated political violence and human rights violations. More than twenty commissions have been convened over the last century, yet no significant change has resulted from these inquiries. The findings of the very first, the 1919 King-Crane Commission, were suppressed. The Mitchell Committee, convened in the heat of the Second Intifada, urged Palestinians to listen more sympathetically to the feelings of their occupiers. And factfinders returning from a shell-shocked Gaza Strip in 2008 registered their horror at the scale of the destruction, but Gazans have continued to live under a crippling blockade.

Drawing on debates in the press, previously unexamined UN reports, historical archives, and ethnographic research, Lori Allen explores six key investigative commissions over the last century. She highlights how Palestinians'' persistent demands for independence have been routinely translated into the numb language of reports and resolutions. These commissions, Allen argues, operating as technologies of liberal global governance, yield no justice—only the oppressive status quo. A History of False Hope issues a biting critique of the captivating allure and cold impotence of international law.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 432
ISBN-13: 9781503614185
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1503614182
Kategori: Israel
Udg. Dato: 15 dec 2020
Længde: 31mm
Bredde: 228mm
Højde: 152mm
Forlag: Stanford University Press
Oplagsdato: 15 dec 2020
Forfatter(e): Lori Allen
Forfatter(e) Lori Allen

Kategori Israel

ISBN-13 9781503614185

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 432

Udgave

Længde 31mm

Bredde 228mm

Højde 152mm

Udg. Dato 15 dec 2020

Oplagsdato 15 dec 2020

Forlag Stanford University Press

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