Transitional (in)Justice and Enforcing the Peace on Palestine

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This book considers the growing interest in transitional justice practices that take place against the backdrop of ongoing settler-colonialism in Palestine. By critiquing the role of common top-down and bottom-up interventions, namely truth recovery and international criminal justice, the book argues that transitional justice acts as an extension of a deeply flawed peacebuilding process that has been so destructive in Palestine and has a deflating effect when it comes to advancing calls for meaningful decolonisation. A ‘radicalisation’ of transitional justice that takes place in settler-colonial contexts, one that prioritises conversations around meaningful decolonisation, is therefore required. The book will appeal to those with an interest in peacebuilding, conflict transformation and transitional justice.  Preface Acknowledgments Contents 1 Introduction Introduction A Note on Terminology Transitional Justice to What End? A Process of Maturation Overview References 2 Transitional Justice and Enforcing the ‘Peace’ on Palestine Introduction Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding Enforcing a Colonial ‘Peace’ on Palestine Conclusion References 3 Truth, Acknowledgement, and Combatting ‘Memoricide’ Introduction Recovering the Nakba Permission to Narrate—Curating the ‘Truth’ Around Palestinian Loss Conclusion References 4 Pursuing International Criminal Justice, the ICC, and Palestine Introduction International Law, the ICC, and Palestine There Is No Justice to Be Gleaned from International Law Conclusion References 5 Conclusion Introduction Liberalising ‘Justice’ Through the Israeli Academy: Why Who Speaks, Matters Transitional Justice in the Israeli Academy: Mapping the Field Conclusion: Can TJ Be ‘Radicalised’? References Index