The ABC of the OPT: A Legal Lexicon of the Israeli Control over the Occupied Palestinian Territory is the joint creation of three experts who apply their collective academic and professional expertise to illuminate the legal challenges facing Palestinians under Israeli control, rule, occupation, and colonization. Orna Ben-Naftali is the Emile Zola Chair for Human Rights at the Haim Striks School of Law in Israel, specializing in international humanitarian law and human rights law. Michael Sfard is an Israeli attorney, expert in litigation, international humanitarian law, and international human rights law. Hedi Viterbo is lecturer in law at Queen Mary University of London whose research focuses on childhood, state violence, and sexuality. With its innovative style and distinctive approach, their book creates a trove of useful knowledge on the interconnected structure of Israeli policies in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt).
In the form of a lexicon in twenty-six alphabetically ordered...