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Former Supreme Court President Meir Shamgar. May 19, 2011. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
The judge who designed the legal foundations of Israel’s occupation
No one personifies the Zionist dissonance more than Meir Shamgar, the former president of the Supreme Court who died last week. He created the legal provisions for the protection of personal rights, while enshrining Israel’s rule over the occupied territories. By Michael Sfard Meir Shamgar, the former president of the Supreme Court of Israel, died on Oct. 18…
By +972 Magazine October 24, 2019
An Israeli soldier tries to prevent a photograph being taken of construction on the separation wall, Bethlehem, January 7, 2006. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
Israel: State of denial
The Israeli government has fashioned the occupation into a ‘permanently temporary’ state of affairs — and made a policy of denial one of its cornerstones.  By Gershon Shafir Military occupation is a rare phenomenon in today’s world. A half-century-long occupation, like Israel’s control of Palestinian territories captured in 1967, is even rarer. Grappling seriously with…
By +972 Magazine June 10, 2017
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