John Strawson is an author and law professor at the University of East London School of Law, where he teaches

International law International law (also known as public international law and the law of nations) is the set of rules, norms, and standards generally recognized as binding between states. It establishes normative guidelines and a common conceptual framework for ...

and

Middle East The Middle East ( ar, الشرق الأوسط, ISO 233: ) is a geopolitical region commonly encompassing Arabian Peninsula, Arabia (including the Arabian Peninsula and Bahrain), Anatolia, Asia Minor (Asian part of Turkey except Hatay Pro ...

Studies.Jurisprudence of jurisdiction By Shaun McVeigh. Routledge, 2007. p. viii He specialises in the area of law and

postcolonialism Postcolonialism is the critical academic study of the cultural, political and economic legacy of colonialism and imperialism, focusing on the impact of human control and exploitation of colonized people and their lands. More specifically, it is a ...

, with particular reference to the middle east, Islam and international law. His previous posts include visiting positions at

Birzeit University Birzeit University (BZU; ar, جامعة بيرزيت) is a public university in the West Bank, in the State of Palestine, registered by the Palestinian Ministry of Social Affairs as charitable organization. It is accredited by the Palestinian Mi ...

(Palestine) and the Institute of Social Studies (The Hague Netherlands)., One of the themes in the research undertaken by John Strawson is the encounter between western and Islamic law., He is Director of Law Postgraduate Programmes at the University of East London, and Director of the

Centre on Human Rights in Conflict The Centre on Human Rights in Conflict (CHRC) is a research centre based within the University of East London School of Law directed by John Strawson., The Centre was founded in 2006 by Professor Chandra Lekha Sriram. The Centre on Human Right ...

.John Strawson
, University of East London

Views on Israel

According to Strawson, the use of the term

apartheid Apartheid (, especially South African English: , ; , "aparthood") was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s. Apartheid was ...

to describe Israel or Israeli policies has become commonplace in certain liberal and leftist circles. Strawson wrote that this label does not apply to Israel, and suggests that the use of the apartheid analogy is casual, unhistorical, and unhelpful.Zionism and Apartheid: The Analogy in the Politics of International Law
. Engage Journal, Issue 2 - May 2006

Books

* ''Encountering Islamic law'', by John Strawson, 2000 * ''Partitioning Palestine: Legal Fundamentalism in the Palestinian-Israeli'' Conflict. Pluto Press, 2010. * (ed.) ''Law after Ground Zero'' (London, Sydney, Portland Or: GlassHouse Press/Routledge-Cavendish 2002, reprinted with amendments, 2004) * (ed.) with Roshan de Silva Wijeyeratne, 'Tracking the Postcolonial in Law', Griffith Law Review, Vol. 12, No. 3 (2003)

References

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