Nick Leiber

The current situation in Gaza is horrifying and dire, even more so than it has been over the last several decades. Following Hamas militants killing over 1,200 people in Israel and taking roughly 240 people hostage on Oct. 7, Israel’s military has killed more than 12,000 Palestinians, NPR reported. United Nations experts are warning of “a genocide in the making.” The history of Israel’s occupation of Gaza and the West Bank adds crucial context.

CUNY Law Review’s central mission is to publish legal scholarship to “address the consequences of structural oppression, and to challenge these structures.” As a CUNY Law Review editor helping to realize this mission, I see it as aligning with Palestinian self-determination and opposition to the occupation and Israel’s warfare. With this in mind, and to help me understand the promises and the failures of domestic and international law in addressing the atrocities and their aftermath, the work of legal scholars and practitioners has been helpful.

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