{"product_id":"occupation-from-within-isbn-9781836744597","title":"Occupation from Within","description":"\u003cb\u003eA piercing political, moral, and legal analysis of how Israel’s escalating oppression of Palestinians is intertwined with its slide into internal authoritarianism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlending legal storytelling, historical excavation, and political analysis, \u003ci\u003eOccupation from Within\u003c\/i\u003e is a journey into the soul of a nation scarred by persecution and a genocidal trauma—and how it embraced a Darwinist worldview which opened the door to an ideology of supremacy. Drawing on the author’s experience litigating human rights cases defending Palestinian communities in Israeli courts, the narrative unfolds in reverse: beginning with the constitutional coup, moving back through pivotal moments in Israeli history—the 2010 opening shot in the crackdown on civil society, the 1967 occupation, the 1948 war and the Nakba, and ultimately the trauma of the Holocaust—before returning to the present: October 7th and the devastating war on Gaza.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt its core, the book advances a stark argument: that Israel’s long-standing domination of Palestinians—both under occupation and as citizens—has cultivated an ideology of Jewish supremacy that now turns inward to silence dissent and dismantle the state’s core democratic features. This same ideology has enabled the spiraling cruelty of occupation, apartheid, and the war of annihilation in Gaza. | \u003cb\u003eMichael Sfard \u003c\/b\u003eis one of Israel’s leading human-rights lawyers, specializing in international human rights law and the laws of war. He advises major Israeli rights and protest organizations and for the last three decades has represented Palestinian communities and Israeli and Palestinian activists in Israeli courts. His opinion pieces frequently appear in the Israeli and international press, including \u003ci\u003eHaaretz\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e. Author of several books including \u003ci\u003eThe Wall and the Gate: Israel, Palestine and the Legal Battle for Human Rights \u003c\/i\u003eand a recipient of the Emille Grintzweig Human Rights Award.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233444180197,"sku":"NP9781836744597","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/occupation-from-within-isbn-9781836744597","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}