Samera Esmeir

Samera Esmeir is a former lawyer who received her PhD from the Institute of Law and Society, New York University, and now teaches in the Department of Rhetoric at the University of California at Berkeley. She is the coeditor and cofounder of Adalah’s Review, a socio-legal journal published in Arabic, Hebrew and English that focuses on the Palestinian minority in Israel. Her main areas of research are colonialism, modernity, law, war and violence with a particular focus on Egypt, the 1967 Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel.

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The Horrors of Israel’s Peace
Sunday 8 February 2009
Three weeks after the war on Gaza, Israel declared a unilateral ceasefire but refused to terminate its so-called defensive operations. In response, Hamas declared a ceasefire for one week, until the withdrawal of Israeli troops has been completed. For many in the West, the ceasefire might seem like an occasion to celebrate, for the cessation of military hostilities on both sides will perhaps renew the peace process. But there are reasons to be critical of this ceasefire, since it continues (...) continue