Featuring: RCPI fellow in Conflict and Peace, Noura Erakat, human rights attorney and Assistance Professor at Rutgers University

Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine, the new book by Noura Erakat, offers a new approach to understanding the Palestinian struggle for freedom, told through the power and control of international law. Focusing on key junctures—from the Balfour Declaration in 1917 to present-day wars in Gaza—Erakat shows how the strategic deployment of law has shaped current conditions. Over the past century, the law has done more to advance Israel's interests than the Palestinians’. But, Erakat argues, this outcome was never inevitable. Presenting the promise and risk of international law, Erakat calls for renewed action and attention to the question of Palestine.

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Sponsored by The Religion, Conflict, and Peace Initiative (RCPI) - a collaboration between Religion and Public Life at Harvard Divinity School and the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School of Government to explore the interplay between religions and political culture, public policy, and international affairs in the Middle East. This includes coursework, internships and research open to all Harvard graduate students, as well as fellowships for practitioners from the region, and symposia and public events.