Israel in the dock w/ Noura Erakat

Palestinian-American legal scholar Noura Erakat joins PTO to
discuss South Africa's case at the International Court of Justice
and the utility of international law in struggles for global
justice. With its roots in providing justification for European
settler colonialism in the Americas, can International law ever
serve the cause of liberatory movements? Is there a danger that in
winning legal victories in forums such as the United Nations and
the International Court of Justice, that radical causes - such as
the Palestine liberation movement - can come to prioritise
endorsement by prestigious multilateral bodies at the expense of
other, and potentially more effective strategies? And how strong
are the respective cases of South Africa and Israel in their
dispute at the ICJ - and what is the legal, political, and moral
significance of the case that South Africa has brought? Those are
just some of the questions that Noura Erakat addresses in today's
episode.