JBC & SPS Book Series: Steve Zipperstein Presents, Law and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: The Trials of Palestine

Wednesday, April 21 at 5:00 PM

During the early years of the Arab-Jewish conflict in Palestine, the parties repeatedly used the law to gain leverage against each other and influence international opinion. In two instances — the Shaw Commission in 1929 and the Lofgren Commission in 1930 — Arabs and Jews faced off against each other in full-blown trials before British and international judges. The arguments the parties made in those three trials continue resonating in the conflict today, nearly one hundred years later.

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