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16 Or. Rev. Int'l L. 79 (2014)
The Fictions of the Illegal Occupation in the West Bank and Gaza

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HANI SAYED*


  The Fictions of the Illegal Occupation in the

                    West Bank and Gaza

Introduction ...................................................................................   80
I.     The Bare  Occupation ..........................................................  87
       A. A Governance Matrix .................................................  88
       B.  Gaza-fication of the Occupation ................................. 92
            1. Expansion, Integration and Dispossession (1967-
               1994) .................................................................... . .   93
               a.  Mainstreaming the Settlements ....................... 94
               b. Economic Integration ...................................... 99
               c.  Setting the Stage for Autonomy ......................... 100
           2. Contraction and Fragmentation: The Oslo Years
               (1994-2000)  ............................................................. 102
               a.  Transfer of Authority ......................................... 102
               b. From an Occupation Regime of Separate and
                   Unequal to an Internationally Recognized
                   Regime of Autonomy ......................................... 104
               c.  Economic Disengagement ................................. 106
           3. Disengagement (2000-2010) ................................... 107
II.    Understanding Governance in the WBGS ............................. 110
       A. Occupation as a Fact and Occupation as a Regime ........ 113


    Associate Professor, Department of Law, School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
at the American University in Cairo. I am thankful to Georges Abi-Saab, Lama Abu-Odeh,
Helena Alviar, Anthony Anghie, Jason Becket, Arnulf Becker-Lorca, Mathew Craven,
Bhupinder S. Chimni, Rabab El-Mahdy, Leila Farsakh, Duncan Kennedy, Alejandro
Lorite-Escorihuila, Kenneth Mann, Zina Miller, Tanya Monforte, Abdulhay Sayed, Nimr
Sultany, Louis M. Seidman, Chantal Thomas, Philomila Tsoukala, and Raef Zreik for
comments on previous version of this paper as well as for insight and encouragement.
Errors are mine. I have presented versions of this paper in a number of fora. I am thankful
to the organizers and participants for the opportunity and for their comments. In particular
I would like to mention: Georgetown University Law Center, Critical Perspectives on Law
Workshop, January 2010; Cornell Law School, Colloquium on Law and Development in
the Middle East and Africa, April 2010; Yale Law School, Middle East Legal Studies
Seminar, January 2012.

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