Palestine's Horizon

Richard Falk is Emeritus Professor of International Law at Princeton University in the United States. He served as UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 from 2008-2012, and is currently Chair of the Gaza Tribunal. He is a prolific writer on international law and global politics; his most recent publication is Genocide in Gaza: Global Voices of Conscience (co-editor with Ahmet Davutoğlu).

'For almost half a century ... Falk has brought powerful moral and legal insights to debates about order and justice in world politics'

• Acknowledgements Preface Part I: Palestine’s Emergent Imaginary1. Parameters of Struggle 2. Oslo Diplomacy: A Legal Historical Perspective 3. Rethinking the Palestinian Future 4. The Emergent Palestinian Imaginary Part II: Palestine’s Legitimacy War5. Violence and Nonviolence in the Palestinian Human Rights Struggle (co-authored with Victoria Mason) 6. International Law, Apartheid, and Israeli Responses to BDS7. Palestinian Lawfare and the Search for a Just Peace8. Palestine Becomes a State9. Seeking Vindication at the International Criminal Court Part III: Zionism and Anti-Semitism in the International Arena10. Zionism and the United Nations 11. The US State Department, the Definition of Anti-Semitism, and Edward Said’s Humanism Part IV: Edward Said’s Voice and Legacy12. The Failed Peace Process: A Prophetic Indictment 13. Palestine as a “Lost Cause” Notes References Index