Oren Ben-Dor ( he, אורן בן דור) is a philosopher living in the UK. He is a former professor of law and philosophy
''The Independent''. at the

University of Southampton , mottoeng = The Heights Yield to Endeavour , type = Public research university , established = 1862 – Hartley Institution1902 – Hartley University College1913 – Southampton University Coll ...

School of Law in the

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. He has published two books on these topics and edited a third on the troubled relationship between law and art. His work has been published in various academic and mainstream publications. He received his Bachelor of Laws from

Birmingham University , mottoeng = Through efforts to heights , established = 1825 – Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery1836 – Birmingham Royal School of Medicine and Surgery1843 – Queen's College1875 – Mason Science College1898 – Mason Univers ...

(1992), and his Master of Arts (1993) and Doctor of Philosophy (1997) from

University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...

.University of Southampton Law School Academic Biography of Oren Ben-Dor
He is currently writing two books, one which explores the notion of "place" and the limits of phenomenology and practical reason, and another on Palestine, in particular the relationship between the persistence of violence and existential fetters that pervade and reproduce this violence. Ben-Dor was born in

Nahariya Nahariya ( he, נַהֲרִיָּה, ar, نهاريا) is the northernmost coastal city in Israel. In it had a population of . Etymology Nahariya takes its name from the stream of Ga'aton (river is ''nahar'' in Hebrew), which bisects it. Hist ...

, northern Israel. He has supported academic boycotts of Israel universities, writing that those on the Israeli "left" who oppose it are "sophisticated accomplices to the smothering of debate." He has written about alleged

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in Israel, bias in Israel's education system, the ethical and legal challenges facing Palestine, and the use of violence by the Israeli state. In 2007, he joined a number of intellectuals and activists in signing a "One State Declaration" which calls for one democratic state in the whole of Israel and Palestine. He has supported that alternative in public debate. Ben-Dor has engaged in academic debate with

Oren Yiftachel Oren Yiftachel ( he, אורן יפתחאל, born 1956) is an Israeli professor of political and legal geography, urban studies and urban planning at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, in Beersheba. He holds the Lynn and Lloyd Hurst Family Chair ...

in the journal ''

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'' regarding the one-state solution.Oren Ben-Dor (2007) "Debating Israeli Ethnocracy and the Challenge of Secular Democracy: I. A Critique of Oren Yiftachel", ''

: A Multidisciplinary Journal'', Volume 6, Number 2, November

Bibliography

* Editor, ''Law and Art: Ethics, Aesthetics, Justice,'' Routledge Cavendish, April 25, 2010,
Review of ''A Stranger in the Land: Jewish Identity beyond Nationalism''
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'', Summer 2008, Vol. 37, No. 4, pp. 91–92
Transcending Nationalism

, Autumn 2007, Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 112–113 * Debating Israeli Ethnocracy and the Challenge of Secular Democracy: I. A Critique of Oren Yiftachel, '' Holy Land Studies: A Multidisciplinary Journal'', Volume 6, Number 2, November 2007 * ''Thinking About Law: In Silence With Heidegger,'' Hart Publishing (UK), September 2007,
Book Review: “Catastrophe Remembered”
''Holy Land Studies: A Multidisciplinary Journal'', Volume 6, Number 1, pp. 119–121,

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, May 2007, E- Print
Challenging Core Immorality in Palestine: Philosophical Reflections on the Anti-Apartheid Struggle and the Current “Boycott of Israel” Debate
'' Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies'', Volume 6, pp. 75–105, May 2007,

, . * ''Constitutional Limits and Public Sphere: A Critical Study of Bentham's Constitutionalism,''

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(UK), March 2001,

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