The brilliant Nimer Sultany: Although the occupied did not choose to be invaded and occupied—and cannot control how they will live under the occupation regime—they are asked to choose between slow death and immediate death, between the “normality” of oppression and the “exceptionality” of spectacular suffering, between proportional suffering and disproportionate suffering. Colonial law has always been concerned with proportional violence and the prevention of unnecessary suffering (as in India and Egypt under British colonial law). The Israeli Supreme Court is very fond of the proportionality doctrine. But that is the order of things in normal times. In exceptional times, in moments of violent encounter, moments of resistance, the recent “wars” are unleashing disproportionate suffering.
Posted on: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 06:28:57 +0000
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