Nadim Khoury

Summary

Author of Chapter 6 of Rethinking Statehood in Palestine, “Transitional Justice in Palestine/Israel: Whose Justice? Which Transition?”, the opening chapter of Part Two, “Decolonizing beyond Partition” (Rethinking Statehood in Palestine, PDF p.172).

The chapter examines the significance of Transitional justice in Palestine/Israel, defined as dealing with past wrongs in order to shift towards a new democratic regime (PDF p.172).
Its two claims: transitional justice has gained appeal in the Palestinian camp as a tool to counter fragmentation, reckon with past wrongs and provide venues for reconciliation with Israeli Jews; and it is a deeply contested concept that can serve alternatives to Oslo, Oslo-line measures, or even the negation of Palestinian demands for justice (PDF p.172).
Its conclusion is precautionary: harnessing transitional justice depends on a larger political project that seeks equality and justice for all Palestinians — “If we do not do it, someone else is bound to do it for us” (PDF p.184).
His earlier work cited in the chapter includes “National Narratives and the Oslo Peace Process”, Nations and Nationalism 22, no. 3 (2016): 465-83 (PDF p.186, n.21).

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